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Allan Fenton Cooley, 64 of Fordyce died on January 1, 2013 in the Dallas County Hospital. He was born April 9, 1948 in Hot Springs Arkansas to the late Jack and Nell Wells Cooley.
He grew up in Benton, Little Rock, and Monticello and graduated with honors from Monticello High School in 1966. He received his B.A. Degree in science from the University of Arkansas at Monticello as a Cum Laude graduate. In his career as a science teacher and computer specialist, he worked in Carthage, Malvern and Fordyce.
Allan was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Monticello and Wiggins Methodist Church in Fayetteville, where he served as a youth counselor. His hobbies included rebuilding computers, designing websites, collecting music, electronic equipment and tools and learning about new advances in science and technology.
Survivors include his wife, Chong Yee Cooley of Fordyce; his sons, Jack Allan Cooley of Sherwood and Micheal Ashton Cooley of England; his sisters, Auburn Ponder Anderson of Fordyce and Jessie Chappell of Monticello; his grandchildren, Miranda and Meghan Cooley and Austin Hodge of England.
The family will meet at Jessie Chappell's home, 133 W. College, Monticello, AR.
He grew up in Benton, Little Rock, and Monticello and graduated with honors from Monticello High School in 1966. He received his B.A. Degree in science from the University of Arkansas at Monticello as a Cum Laude graduate. In his career as a science teacher and computer specialist, he worked in Carthage, Malvern and Fordyce.
Allan was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Monticello and Wiggins Methodist Church in Fayetteville, where he served as a youth counselor. His hobbies included rebuilding computers, designing websites, collecting music, electronic equipment and tools and learning about new advances in science and technology.
Survivors include his wife, Chong Yee Cooley of Fordyce; his sons, Jack Allan Cooley of Sherwood and Micheal Ashton Cooley of England; his sisters, Auburn Ponder Anderson of Fordyce and Jessie Chappell of Monticello; his grandchildren, Miranda and Meghan Cooley and Austin Hodge of England.
The family will meet at Jessie Chappell's home, 133 W. College, Monticello, AR.