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{{Infobox person
| name= Louise Frances Koury Alley
(Broadcaster for KWKH Radio and owner of a Shreveport advertising agency)
| image=Louise Alley of LA.png
| image_size =175px
| caption= Alley in undated photo
| birth_date=March 2, 1927
| birth_place=[[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York ]]
| death_date=October 9, 2015 (aged 88)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
| resting_place=<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
St. Vincent's Academy (Shreveport)
| occupation=Broadcaster at KWKH [[Radio]]<br>Owner of an advertising agency
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Bennie Ray Alley (married 1955-2015, her death)
| children=Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks<br>
Raymond Stewart Alley<br>
Four grandchildren<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
George A., Sr., and Isabelle Margaret Joseph Koury}}
'''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."<ref name=tpace>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrevetalk.com/god-welcomes-louise-alley-to-the-heavenly-hosts-of-radio-talk-show-personalities-by-tom-pace/|title=God welcomes Louise Alley to the Heavenly hosts of radio talk show personalities|author=Tom Pace|publisher=Talk of the Town|date=October 12, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of [[Rochester, New York|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|Brownsville]], [[Texas]]. They were assigned to Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, [[Texas]], and Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, [[New Mexico]],<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=louise-frances-koury-alley&pid=176071746&fhid=6593|title=Louise Frances Koury Alley|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> both since closed.
Alley was short, only 5'1" in stature. In her later years she was known as "Miss Louise."<ref name=tpace/>
==Career==
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.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, Alley returned to Shreveport and took a position as a KWKH copy writer. After first filling in on a half-hour program without notes or preparation, she soon became the host of a four-hour weekday program "Louise Alley's Open House," usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1975/06-16/page-21?tag=louise+alley+louisiana&rtserp=tags/?pep=louise-alley&plo=louisiana|title = Radio|date=June 16, 1975|publisher]''The Monroe News-Star''|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> She frequently interviewed politicians, visiting celebrities, and citizens. Later she hosted "My Home Town" that began on KWKH and was subsequently carried on KBCL, the former KFLO, KEEL, KOKA, and KYLA in Homer in Claiborne Parish.<ref name=tpace/>
At KWKH, one of her colleagues was veteran broadcaster Raymond Franklin "Frank" Page (1925-2013). She also worked with Nat Stuckey before he plowed into the field of [[Country music]]. In 1978, she established Louise Alley Advertising. She left both radio and advertising in 2012, when her health began to decline. She concluded each broadcast with the refrain: "Gooday, John ... wherever you are," a reference to an [[Ireland|Irish]] priest and long-term family friend.<ref name=obit/>
Widely known in the community because of the nature of her work, Alley was a frequent judge of beauty pageants.<ref name=obit/> Her smile was said to be so sincere that she could sell nearly anything, from lingerie to Jersey Gold Milk. She was particularly loyal to and enthusiastic about her advertisers, one of whom, Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015), the owner of a plumbing and heating company and the brother of Shreveport Fire Chief [[Dallas Greene]], Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dallas-greene&pid=177265020&fhid=6175|title=Dallas Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref> credited her for much of his business success.<ref name=tpace/> Greene and Alley were born in the same year; he died a month before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Bobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=151843250&df=all&|title=
Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
==Family==
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children, Terry Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks and husband, Dr. Jeffrey Scott Weeks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105083538/http://archive.shreveporttimes.com/article/20081228/LIVING/812240305/Marriage-licenses|title=Filed December 8, 2008|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> and Raymond Stewart Alley and his wife, the former Ellen Paylor, and four grandchildren. Raymond Alley (born December 1958), a Shreveport [[real estate]] agent and a chief petty officer in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. In 2006, at the age of forty-seven, he was activated during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. He worked as the chief of logistics for a construction regiment, mostly in the Al Anbar province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/28895309/raymond-alley-builds-success-in-real-estate-and-the-navy-reserve|title=Raymond Alley builds success in real estate and the Navy Reserve|author=Gerry May|publisher=KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in Shreveport)|date=April 24, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
Alley's brother, George Koury, Jr., and his wife, Thama, reside in Bend, [[Oregon]].<ref name=obit/> She was predeceased by a sister-in-law, Sue Ann Alley Frick (1936-2013), a self-taught specialist in the [[history]] of [[Russia]] anda horse and cattle breeder, originally from Jacksonville, Texas, who resided outside [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalefuneraldirectors.com/obituaries/Sue-Alley-Frick-33378/#!/Obituary|title=Sue Alley Frick obituary|publisher=canalefuneraldirectors.com|date=March 26, 2013| accessdate=October 11, 2015}}</ref>
==Radio tribute==
On October 12, 2015, Alley was remembered in a 45-minute live radio program hosted by Tom Pace on The Promise 90.7 FM. Son Raymond Alley reminisced about his mother. Other guests during the tribute were Debbie K. Dillard (born 1956) of ''Southern Hospitality'' magazine, Ernest Riley "Ernie" Roberson (born March 1950), the former Caddo Parish registrar of voters, and Carl Simmons, Alley's last studio engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrevetalk.com/louise-alley-podcast-tribute-with-raymond-alley-on-the-talk-of-the-town-with-tom-pace-10-12-1510-12-15/|title=Louise Alley Podcast Tribute with Raymond Alley on the "Talk of the Town with Tom Pace"|date=October 14, 2015|publisher=Tom Pace on "Talk of the Town"|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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| name= Louise Frances Koury Alley
(Broadcaster for KWKH Radio and owner of a Shreveport advertising agency)
| image=Louise Alley of LA.png
| image_size =175px
| caption= Alley in undated photo
| birth_date=March 2, 1927
| birth_place=[[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York ]]
| death_date=October 9, 2015 (aged 88)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
| resting_place=<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
St. Vincent's Academy (Shreveport)
| occupation=Broadcaster at KWKH [[Radio]]<br>Owner of an advertising agency
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Bennie Ray Alley (married 1955-2015, her death)
| children=Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks<br>
Raymond Stewart Alley<br>
Four grandchildren<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
George A., Sr., and Isabelle Margaret Joseph Koury}}
'''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."<ref name=tpace>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrevetalk.com/god-welcomes-louise-alley-to-the-heavenly-hosts-of-radio-talk-show-personalities-by-tom-pace/|title=God welcomes Louise Alley to the Heavenly hosts of radio talk show personalities|author=Tom Pace|publisher=Talk of the Town|date=October 12, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of [[Rochester, New York|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|Brownsville]], [[Texas]]. They were assigned to Harlingen Air Force Base in Harlingen, [[Texas]], and Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, [[New Mexico]],<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=louise-frances-koury-alley&pid=176071746&fhid=6593|title=Louise Frances Koury Alley|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> both since closed.
Alley was short, only 5'1" in stature. In her later years she was known as "Miss Louise."<ref name=tpace/>
==Career==
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.<ref name=obit/>
In 1965, Alley returned to Shreveport and took a position as a KWKH copy writer. After first filling in on a half-hour program without notes or preparation, she soon became the host of a four-hour weekday program "Louise Alley's Open House," usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-news-star/1975/06-16/page-21?tag=louise+alley+louisiana&rtserp=tags/?pep=louise-alley&plo=louisiana|title = Radio|date=June 16, 1975|publisher]''The Monroe News-Star''|access-date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> She frequently interviewed politicians, visiting celebrities, and citizens. Later she hosted "My Home Town" that began on KWKH and was subsequently carried on KBCL, the former KFLO, KEEL, KOKA, and KYLA in Homer in Claiborne Parish.<ref name=tpace/>
At KWKH, one of her colleagues was veteran broadcaster Raymond Franklin "Frank" Page (1925-2013). She also worked with Nat Stuckey before he plowed into the field of [[Country music]]. In 1978, she established Louise Alley Advertising. She left both radio and advertising in 2012, when her health began to decline. She concluded each broadcast with the refrain: "Gooday, John ... wherever you are," a reference to an [[Ireland|Irish]] priest and long-term family friend.<ref name=obit/>
Widely known in the community because of the nature of her work, Alley was a frequent judge of beauty pageants.<ref name=obit/> Her smile was said to be so sincere that she could sell nearly anything, from lingerie to Jersey Gold Milk. She was particularly loyal to and enthusiastic about her advertisers, one of whom, Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015), the owner of a plumbing and heating company and the brother of Shreveport Fire Chief [[Dallas Greene]], Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dallas-greene&pid=177265020&fhid=6175|title=Dallas Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref> credited her for much of his business success.<ref name=tpace/> Greene and Alley were born in the same year; he died a month before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Bobby&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=151843250&df=all&|title=
Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
==Family==
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two children, Terry Suzanne Camille Alley Weeks and husband, Dr. Jeffrey Scott Weeks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105083538/http://archive.shreveporttimes.com/article/20081228/LIVING/812240305/Marriage-licenses|title=Filed December 8, 2008|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> and Raymond Stewart Alley and his wife, the former Ellen Paylor, and four grandchildren. Raymond Alley (born December 1958), a Shreveport [[real estate]] agent and a chief petty officer in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. In 2006, at the age of forty-seven, he was activated during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. He worked as the chief of logistics for a construction regiment, mostly in the Al Anbar province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/28895309/raymond-alley-builds-success-in-real-estate-and-the-navy-reserve|title=Raymond Alley builds success in real estate and the Navy Reserve|author=Gerry May|publisher=KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in Shreveport)|date=April 24, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
Alley's brother, George Koury, Jr., and his wife, Thama, reside in Bend, [[Oregon]].<ref name=obit/> She was predeceased by a sister-in-law, Sue Ann Alley Frick (1936-2013), a self-taught specialist in the [[history]] of [[Russia]] anda horse and cattle breeder, originally from Jacksonville, Texas, who resided outside [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalefuneraldirectors.com/obituaries/Sue-Alley-Frick-33378/#!/Obituary|title=Sue Alley Frick obituary|publisher=canalefuneraldirectors.com|date=March 26, 2013| accessdate=October 11, 2015}}</ref>
==Radio tribute==
On October 12, 2015, Alley was remembered in a 45-minute live radio program hosted by Tom Pace on The Promise 90.7 FM. Son Raymond Alley reminisced about his mother. Other guests during the tribute were Debbie K. Dillard (born 1956) of ''Southern Hospitality'' magazine, Ernest Riley "Ernie" Roberson (born March 1950), the former Caddo Parish registrar of voters, and Carl Simmons, Alley's last studio engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shrevetalk.com/louise-alley-podcast-tribute-with-raymond-alley-on-the-talk-of-the-town-with-tom-pace-10-12-1510-12-15/|title=Louise Alley Podcast Tribute with Raymond Alley on the "Talk of the Town with Tom Pace"|date=October 14, 2015|publisher=Tom Pace on "Talk of the Town"|accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alley, Louise}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:New York]]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Radio]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Democrats]]