of Maumelle, AR

October 12, 1929 - October 25, 2018

Aulina Cooley Bellando of Maumelle passed away on October 25, 2018. She was born on October 12, 1929 in DeRidder, La. She was the daughter of JB and Ermel Cooley. She spent her childhood in DeRidder, La. JB was the Fire Chief of DeRidder, so she grew up living above the fire station at the City Hall. Aulina married James Bellando in 1953 and moved to his hometown of Warren, Ohio where she remained until 1969. Aulina had many occupations in her life. She and Jim Bellando started and owned many small businesses. In moving back to DeRidder, La., she was a secretary at First Baptist Church DeRidder then became the first female Equifax agent. At age 50 she began selling insurance and ran the Glenn Dean Insurance Agency in DeQuincy, La. She also operated a Sears catalog store and then a furniture store, The Furniture Cottage. After retiring, she moved to Maumelle, Arkansas in 2010 to be close to family. The real story of Aulina is her steadfast love of God and family. Aulina's love for God was first in her life and guided everything else. The values she lived, the values she gave to her children and grandchildren are reflections of that.

She is preceded in death by her son, James Robert Bellando. Aulina is survived by her daughter, Betty Jayne and her husband, Robert Edward Hilton, Jr.; sons, John David Bellando and his wife, Deborah and William JB Bellando and his wife, Julia; grandchildren, Caleb Jordan, Sarah Jayne, Jacob Daniel, Laurel Joy, John Marshall, and Robert JB Bellando; and brother, Jimmy Earl Cooley and his wife, Carolyn.

Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Maumelle, AR with Bro. Paul McClung officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 p.m., at the church. Interment will follow at Riverwood Memorial Gardens in Maumelle.

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