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|birth_date=January 20, 1927​

|birth_date=January 20, 1927​

|birth_place=[[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], USA​

|birth_place=[[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], USA​

|spouse=(1) Bobbie Katherine Dooley (divorced)​

|spouse=(1) Bobbie Katherine Dooley (divorced)​

(2) Ruth Lilley Dooley​

(2) Ruth Lilley Dooley​

|parents=Vol, Sr., and Sadie Rae Hargrove Dooley  ​

|parents=Vol, Sr., and Sadie Rae Hargrove Dooley  ​

|residence=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana​

|residence=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana​

|death_cause=Lengthy illness​

|death_cause=Lengthy illness​

|resting_place=Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton in Bossier Parish​

|resting_place=Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton in Bossier Parish​

Dooley's father, Vol Dooley, Sr. (1903-2002), was a native of the Walnut Hill Community near Bradley in Lafayette (pronounced LEH FAY ETTE) County in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. His mother was the former Sadie Rae Hargrove(1908-1994). Vol Dooley, Sr. is interred at the Lay Cemetery in the parish seat of Benton and the location of the sheriff's office.<ref name=volsr.obit>Obituary of Vol Dooley, Sr., ''The Shreveport Times,'' April 10, 2002.</ref>​

Dooley's father, Vol Dooley, Sr. (1903-2002), was a native of the Walnut Hill Community near Bradley in Lafayette (pronounced LEH FAY ETTE) County in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. His mother was the former Sadie Rae Hargrove(1908-1994). Vol Dooley, Sr. is interred at the Lay Cemetery in the parish seat of Benton and the location of the sheriff's office.<ref name=volsr.obit>Obituary of Vol Dooley, Sr., ''The Shreveport Times,'' April 10, 2002.</ref>​

 

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134253120|title=Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=John Andrew Prime|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref>​

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134253120|title=Vol Sevier Dooley, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=John Andrew Prime|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref>​

 

In 1950, he joined Troop G of the Louisiana State Police and was  a state trooper until 1954, when he began employment with the Bossier Sheriff's Office.<ref name=shrtimes/> With the state police, he developed an expertise in fingerprinting and photographic equipment, which he brought to the sheriff's department.<ref name=statepolice>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4GtEKTzUGIC&pg=PA28 |author=Charles D. Cardin|title=Images of America: Bossier Parish|page=28|publisher=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: Arcadia Publishing Company |date=1999 |isbn=978-0-7385-0172-7|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1950, he joined Troop G of the Louisiana State Police and was  a state trooper until 1954, when he began employment with the Bossier Sheriff's Office.<ref name=shrtimes/> With the state police, he developed an expertise in fingerprinting and photographic equipment, which he brought to the sheriff's department.<ref name=statepolice>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4GtEKTzUGIC&pg=PA28 |author=Charles D. Cardin|title=Images of America: Bossier Parish|page=28|publisher=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: Arcadia Publishing Company |date=1999 |isbn=978-0-7385-0172-7|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>​

 

==Twelve years as sheriff==​

==Twelve years as sheriff==​

===Succeeding Willie Waggonner===​

===Succeeding Willie Waggonner===​