Dorris Bury Nolan  1918 - 2020
 
 
Dorris Bury Nolan died in Brookhaven on May 24, 2020, after a full, rich and rewarding life.

She was 101 years old, and she was very well-loved.
 
Born in 1918, a midwestern girl, her early years were happily spent in a small town in Missouri.

There she weathered snowy winters and the Great Depression with grace, good humor, and warm memories of simple pleasures.

She had a wonderful mother and father and close, life-long family friends. She attended Lamar High School and Cottey College,

a private girl’s liberal arts college and “finishing school”, where she excelled in drawing and design.
 
Following her education, she worked for several years in Kansas City before moving south to

New Orleans to assist in a cartography office with the development and drawing of World War II military maps.

It was in New Orleans that she met her husband, Edward Nolan.
 
They moved to Brookhaven in 1953 where she raised and guided a daughter and pursued an

accomplished career as a legal assistant at Cohn, Hobbs & Hobbs, ultimately becoming

Executive Office Manager and Librarian for Nalco Chemical Company until her retirement.  
 
Over the years in Brookhaven, she established and enjoyed a wide circle of valued friendships.

She participated as a charter member of Brookhaven Little Theater and “starred” in several early productions.

She was an involved member of Willing Hearts Circle and served for years on the Board of Directors of  King’s Daughters Medical Center.

She was an engaged congregant in Faith Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday School and many various  Women’s Circle groups.

She had a passion for animals of every distinction and gave beloved pets, in particular succession of Siamese cats, very good homes.

Most importantly, throughout her life, she was a devoted student of the Bible,  a sound Christian counselor, and a deep and trusting lover of Jesus.  
 
She was intelligent, capable, and handled her life with steadfast dignity. She always looked beautiful, had real originality and a very discriminating eye. 

She was beyond reproach in every aspect of her life. She recognized quality in people and in things.

She painted, baked from scratch, sewed expertly, and made a lovely home where everything always seemed somehow special.

She was the best and most fun Mom in the whole world.
 
She is survived by her daughter, Tonie Nolan, and son-in-law Maury Montaldi of Washington, D.C.
 
Memorial services are pending and will be planned and announced as our churches reopen.

Private graveside for Mr. Thomas Coghlan of Brookhaven is 2:00 pm Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Rawls Cemetery, Bogue Chitto.

Mr. Thomas Jasper Coghlan, 81, fought life’s final war with pain as death gave way to victory and he went home

to be with his living Savior, Jesus Christ.

Jasper was born in Lincoln County on October 27, 1938 to Frank Coghlan and L.E. Hammack Coghlan.

Jasper was preceded in death by his loving wife, Geneva Magee Coghlan, his parents; 3 brothers, Cecil Coghlan, Derald Coghlan,

Jack Coghlan; and 3 sisters, Laura Williams, Hazel Bordelon, and Faye Rollins; and great-grandson, Keithan James Bishop.

Those left to cherish their memories with Jasper are 2 daughters, Jan Davis and Kay Davis and husband, William;

brother, Garland Coghlan, and wife, Rose; sisters, Jean Murray and Carline Bordelon; 5 granddaughters, Michelle Hatfield,

Dawn Bishop, Chasity Furr, Evette Davis, Tabetha Taylor; 10 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.