Robert Earl Cooley, Sr., age 77, of Kiln, Mississippi passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 24, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Picayune Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Picayune Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Matthew Stahl officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Picayune Funeral Home.
Mr. Cooley was a resident of Hancock County for 40 years, and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Bay St. Louis.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Scarbrough Cooley of Kiln; three sons, Larry Robert Cooley (Valisa) of Dedeaux, Donny Earl Cooley (Latrecia) of Kiln, and Robert Earl Cooley, Jr. (Sandy) of Kiln; one brother, Marion A. Cooley (Brenda) of Pollock, Louisiana; 10 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Buford and Mary Helen Cooley; and one brother Louis Cooley.