Gloria Jean Cooley Stovall, 85, of Memphis, TN, joined her Lord August 5th, 2021. She was born in Memphis, TN to Shade Cooley and Nora Jean Dye Cooley on January 23, 1936. She married the late Thomas Stovall on March 11, 1953. She was known as Nana by all her grandchildren, great grandchildren and their friends. She was survived by her Children-Debbie Puryear of Colorado Springs, CO., Dee (Tim) Mitchell of Bartlett, TN, Tammy Stovall of Counce, TN and Tina (Dale) Street of Mandeville, LA. Seven grandchildren- Amanda (Dale) Turner of Colorado Springs, Co, Jeff Hailey of California, Petra (Josh) Ahlstrom, Tim Jr (Amber) Mitchell & Robert Mitchell all from Bartlett, TN, Chris (Lindsey) Daniels of Dallas, TX, and Eric Daniels of Broken Arrow, OK and 11 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Jerry (Carmen) Cooley of Memphis, TN.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband of 67 years, her infant son Thomas Jerry Stovall, and one sister.
Gloria graduated from Treadwell high school in 1953. She has been a member of the Memphis Doll Club for over 30 years. She was a Real Estate Agent for Crye-Leike Realtors and was the owner of a Candy Store in Bartlett for several years. After retirement, she and TJ enjoyed their home at Pickwick Lake and travel around the US in their Air Stream Trailer for many years.
She enjoyed Doll Collecting and making Dolls, but loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren the most.
A graveside service will be held at Southwoods cemetery on Hacks Cross on Wednesday, August 11 at 10:00am.
