Louise Alley
| Louise Frances Koury Alley | |
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Alley in undated photo
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| Born |
March 2, 1927 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 2015 (aged 88) Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. Vincent's Academy (Shreveport) |
| Occupation |
Radio broadcaster: KWKH Owner of an advertising agency |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Bennie Ray Alley (married 1955-2015, her death) |
| Children |
Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks |
| Parent(s) | George A., Sr., and Isabelle Margaret Joseph Koury |
Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks
Raymond Stewart Alley
Louise Frances Koury Alley (March 2, 1927 – October 9, 2015) was a radio personality with station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, who also operated her own advertising agency. In a lengthy career, she was known as "Shreveport’s First Lady of Radio."
A native of Rochester, New York, Alley was one of two children of George A. Koury, Sr., and the former Isabelle Margaret Joseph. She came to Shreveport with her family at the age of three, where she resided thereafter except for certain military assignments of her husband, Bennie Ray Alley (born September 1927), a retired major in the United States Air Force, whom she married in 1955 in Brownsville, Texas. They were assigned to Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, Texas, and Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico, both since closed.
Alley was short, only 5'1" in stature. In her later years she was known as "Miss Louise".
Alley graduated ifrom the Roman Catholic St. Vincent's Academy, a former institution for girls in Shreveport. She then worked in various capacities, including air traffic controller for Delta Airlines at the former downtown airport before the establishment in 1952 of Shreveport Regional Airport. She once even participated in the investigation of a crash which occurred in East Texas.
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