Jr John Milton Cooley, age 43 of Panama City, died Sunday, Feb 7, 1999 at a local hospital.  He had been a lifelong resident of the area, worked for Auto Zone and was a member of Lynn Have Presbyterian Church.

	Graveside funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb 10, at the Lynn Haven Cemetery with the Rev Fred Keith officiating.  Internment followed.

	Asked to serve as active pallbearers were:  Bobby VanHorn, Mark Pace, Leroy Kelly, Dennis Etheridge, Robert Myers, Rodney Dykes and Mark Uzuko.

	He is survived by his mother, Mrs Lera Cooley of Lynn Haven; sisters: Johnnie Ruth Harmon of Vernon, and Virginia Mann and her husband Steve of Fort Collins, Colorado; brother: David Cooley and his wife Janet of Durham, North Carolina; nieces: Lera Main of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Deborah O'Neal of Ocala; nephews: Micah Main of Fort Collins, and Chris Ellington of Boca Ration.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser/Washington County Post, February 17, 1999, Page 19