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27 April 2014

Obituary of Lavelle (Bird) Coogan 

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(extracted from "Birmingham News" [AL], 22 APR 2014:

LAVELLE COOGAN
(March 20, 1926 - April 19, 2014)

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Lavelle Coogan of Alabaster, Ala. passed away on April 19, 2014. 
She was 88. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, 
April 24, 2014 in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home in Geneva, 
Ala. with Pastor Rick Atkerson officiating. Burial will follow at 
Shady Grove Assembly of God Church Cemetery with Pittman Funeral 
Home of Geneva directing. The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 
p.m. 

Mrs. Coogan was born on March 20, 1926 to the late Willie Bird and 
Delia Phillips. After serving as a member of the United States 
Army, she retired from her job with the State of Alabama. Lavelle 
and her three sisters were known as the "Gambling Grannys." She was 
always the life of the party, and kept us smiling. Her beautiful 
smile will be greatly missed. In addition to her parents, she was 
preceded in death by her husband, Orville Roy Coogan; six brothers, 
Robert Phillips, Blonnie Phillips, Ewell Tom Phillips, Bobby 
Phillips, Billy Phillips, and Bennie Phillips; two sisters, Lois 
Dye Peters and Gwendolyn Scott; and grandson, Joshua Adam Smith. 

She is survived by her sister, Waunette McKay; son, Daniel Patrick 
Coogan and his wife, Linda; two grandsons, David Coogan and his 
wife, Jamie, and Matthew Smith; and numerous favorite nieces and 
nephews.

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(extracted from "Montgomery Advertiser" [AL], 23 APR 2014:

LAVELLE COOGAN
(March 20, 1926 - April 19, 2014)

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Lavelle Coogan of Alabaster, Ala. passed away on April 19, 2014. 
She was 88. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, 
April 24, 2014 in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home in Geneva, 
Ala. with Pastor Rick Atkerson officiating. Burial will follow at 
Shady Grove Assembly of God Church Cemetery with Pittman Funeral 
Home of Geneva directing. The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 
p.m. 

Mrs. Coogan was born on March 20, 1926 to the late Willie Bird and 
Delia Phillips. After serving as a member of the United States 
Army, she retired from her job with the State of Alabama. Lavelle 
and her three sisters were known as the "Gambling Grannys." She was 
always the life of the party, and kept us smiling. Her beautiful 
smile will be greatly missed. In addition to her parents, she was 
preceded in death by her husband, Orville Roy Coogan; six brothers, 
Robert Phillips, Blonnie Phillips, Ewell Tom Phillips, Bobby 
Phillips, Billy Phillips, and Bennie Phillips; two sisters, Lois 
Dye Peters and Gwendolyn Scott; and grandson, Joshua Adam Smith. 

She is survived by her sister, Waunette McKay; son, Daniel Patrick 
Coogan and his wife, Linda; two grandsons, David Coogan and his 
wife, Jamie, and Matthew Smith; and numerous favorite nieces and 
nephews.

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