Mary Olivia Cooksey

Published 4:16 pm Monday, December 15, 2014

Funeral services for Mary Olivia Cooksey, 70, of Dodge City will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Cullman Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Ralph Andrews officiating, with interment in Shelton Grove Cemetery.

Cullman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cooksey went home to be with her Savior, Saturday, December 13, at her residence. She was born February 18, 1944, to Oscar and Nellie Mallard Pierce. Mary was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church. She was a nurse and thought of it as a ministry. She made several mission trips to the Ukraine, Honduras and the Phillipines. 

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband of over 50 years, Bobby Cooksey; two sons, Jeffrey Cooksey, Randall (Esther) Cooksey; daughter, Angela Buchanan; sisters, Annette Taylor, Patsy Earnest; granddaughter, Stacey (Wayne) Day; great-grandchildren, Rachel Grace and Allison; a host of family and friends.

Visitation was from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.cullmanfuneralhome.com.