Johnny Ray Cole

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Johnny Ray Cole

Birth
Death
17 Oct 2008 (aged 55)
Burial
De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Johnny Ray Cole was born April 22, 1953, in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, to Joe Phil Cole and Mary Houston Cole.

He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church, DeKalb, and was a graduate of West Kemper High School in DeKalb.

He was married to Nancy Faye Roberts, the daughter of Otha Lee Roberts and Vivian Westerfield Roberts, who was also a DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, native. They were blessed with two children, one daughter and one son.

He died Friday, October 17, 2008, at Riley Hospital in Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS at the age of 55.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at New Hope United Methodist Church. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery.

He was the Husband of Nancy Faye Roberts Cole; the Father of Jonetta Cole Slaughter and Rashad Cole; the Son of Joe Phil Cole and Mary "Mae" Houston Peden Rush Cole; the Brother of Mary Ann Cole Dixon, Earnestine Cole Creer, Betty Jean Cole Coleman Griffin, Henry Wyatt Cole, Josephine "Baby Joe" Cole, Jimmy Land Cole, James Morris Cole, Donald Earl Cole, "Baby" Tine Cole, Virginia Campbell Brown, Virgie Dare Mosley Singleton, Marva Jean Miller Sanders, Willie Marvin Peden, Oscar Lee Rush, and Herbert Lee Rush; the Paternal Grandson of Wyatt Mance Jennings and Callie Cole; the Maternal Grandson of Silas Houston and Celie Gully Houston Cole; and the Maternal Step Grandson of Stennis Cole.
Johnny Ray Cole was born April 22, 1953, in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, to Joe Phil Cole and Mary Houston Cole.

He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church, DeKalb, and was a graduate of West Kemper High School in DeKalb.

He was married to Nancy Faye Roberts, the daughter of Otha Lee Roberts and Vivian Westerfield Roberts, who was also a DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, native. They were blessed with two children, one daughter and one son.

He died Friday, October 17, 2008, at Riley Hospital in Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS at the age of 55.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at New Hope United Methodist Church. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery.

He was the Husband of Nancy Faye Roberts Cole; the Father of Jonetta Cole Slaughter and Rashad Cole; the Son of Joe Phil Cole and Mary "Mae" Houston Peden Rush Cole; the Brother of Mary Ann Cole Dixon, Earnestine Cole Creer, Betty Jean Cole Coleman Griffin, Henry Wyatt Cole, Josephine "Baby Joe" Cole, Jimmy Land Cole, James Morris Cole, Donald Earl Cole, "Baby" Tine Cole, Virginia Campbell Brown, Virgie Dare Mosley Singleton, Marva Jean Miller Sanders, Willie Marvin Peden, Oscar Lee Rush, and Herbert Lee Rush; the Paternal Grandson of Wyatt Mance Jennings and Callie Cole; the Maternal Grandson of Silas Houston and Celie Gully Houston Cole; and the Maternal Step Grandson of Stennis Cole.