Vol Dooley
| Vol Dooley | |
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| Sheriff of Bossier Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office July 8, 1976 – July 1, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | William Edward "Willie" Waggonner |
| Succeeded by | Larry Deen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr. January 20, 1927 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | August 11, 2014 (aged 87) Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Cause of death | Lengthy illness |
| Resting place | Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democrat / later Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Bobbie Katherine Dooley (divorced) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parents | Vol, Sr., and Sadie Rae Hargrove Dooley |
| Residence | Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Law-enforcement officer |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
(1) Bobbie Katherine Dooley (divorced)
From first marriage:
Patricia Dooley Davidson Netherland
Steven Norris "Steve" Dooley
James Michael "Mike" Dooley
Vol Dooley, III (1965-2001) Stepsons:
Autry Brown
Dennis Brown
Ricky Brown
Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr. (January 20, 1927 – August 11, 2014), was the sheriff of Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1976 until 1988. Dooley is best known for two events that happened before and after he was sheriff, the false conviction of rodeo star Jack Favor in 1967 and the murder of his youngest son, Vol Dooley, III, in 2001.
Dooley's father, Vol Dooley, Sr. (1903-2002), was a native of the Walnut Hill Community near Bradley in Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas. His mother was the former Sadie Rae Hargrove(1908-1994). Vol Dooley, Sr. is interred at the Lay Cemetery in Benton, the parish seat of Bossier Parish and the location of the sheriff's office.
A long-term resident of Bossier City, Dooley was born in Memphis, Tennessee. An uncle and a cousin served there in the Memphis Police Department. Two of Dooley's sons followed him into law-enforcement work.
In 1950, he joined Troop G of the Louisiana State Police. He was a state trooper until 1954, when he began employment with the Bossier Sheriff's Office. With the state police, he developed an expertise in fingerprinting and photographic equipment, which he brought to the sheriff's department.
Sheriff's Dooley became the chief deputy to Sheriff William Edward "Willie" Waggonner of Plain Dealing, the older brother of the late U.S. Representative Joe Waggonner of Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Waggonner was elected sheriff in 1948 to succeed Louis H. Padgett, Sr., for whom Waggonner had been the chief deputy. As acting sheriff under appointment from Governor Edwin Edwards, Dooley won a special election for the position held in conjunction with the 1976 presidential election for the remainder of Waggonner's term. He defeated Don Martin Whittington (born 1935), a farmer and the father of current Bossier Parish sheriff, Julian Curtis Whittington. Dooley was subsequently reelected to regular four-year terms in 1979 and 1983.
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