Archie was born in Texas to Robert Lee and Mary Ivy Cooksey. He married Lorene Davis. He is buried between his brother, Albert Cooksey, and James Harvey Cook.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Sunday, 31 March 1985:
Mr. Cooksey
Services for Archie Cooksey Sr., 74, of Elkhart will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Elkhart Church of Christ with Woodrow Cooksey and Perry Jones officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Hassell & Foster Funeral Home.
Mr. Cooksey died Friday in Elkhart Nursing Home following a long illness.
He was born in Corsicana on July 27, 1910, a son of Robert Lee and Ivy Womack Cooksey, and had resided in Elkhart for most of his life. He was employed in used car sales.
A member of the Church of Christ, Cooksey was preceded in death by a brother, Albert.
He is survived boy four daughters, Bulah Cox of Nacogdoches, Frankie Harp of New Caney, Ava Bettis of Cheyenne Wells, Colo., and Lois Houston of Huffman; a son, Archie Cooksey Jr. Of Splendora; two sisters, Annie Mae Cook and Fannie Camp, both of California; six brother, John Cooksey, Charlie Cooksey and Frank Cooksey, all of Elkhart; Woodrow Cooksey of Chandler, Edward Cooksey of California, and Hubert Cooksey of Flint; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Archie was born in Texas to Robert Lee and Mary Ivy Cooksey. He married Lorene Davis. He is buried between his brother, Albert Cooksey, and James Harvey Cook.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Sunday, 31 March 1985:
Mr. Cooksey
Services for Archie Cooksey Sr., 74, of Elkhart will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Elkhart Church of Christ with Woodrow Cooksey and Perry Jones officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Hassell & Foster Funeral Home.
Mr. Cooksey died Friday in Elkhart Nursing Home following a long illness.
He was born in Corsicana on July 27, 1910, a son of Robert Lee and Ivy Womack Cooksey, and had resided in Elkhart for most of his life. He was employed in used car sales.
A member of the Church of Christ, Cooksey was preceded in death by a brother, Albert.
He is survived boy four daughters, Bulah Cox of Nacogdoches, Frankie Harp of New Caney, Ava Bettis of Cheyenne Wells, Colo., and Lois Houston of Huffman; a son, Archie Cooksey Jr. Of Splendora; two sisters, Annie Mae Cook and Fannie Camp, both of California; six brother, John Cooksey, Charlie Cooksey and Frank Cooksey, all of Elkhart; Woodrow Cooksey of Chandler, Edward Cooksey of California, and Hubert Cooksey of Flint; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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John Thomas Cooksey
1901–1985
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Charlie Lee Cooksey
1903–1988
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Ben Frank Cooksey Sr
1904–1986
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Robert Albert Cooksey
1907–1972
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Dora Cooksey
1909–1909
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Annie Mae "Dudda" Cooksey Mc Curley
1912–1995
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Bula Beaulah Cooksey
1914–1929
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Fannie Estelle Cooksey Camp
1917–2008
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Woodrow W. Cooksey
1917–2003
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Edward Arnold Cooksey
1922–2002
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Hubert Earl Cooksey
1923–2003
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