Facts: - birth name: vol sevier dooley , jr. - party: democrat / later republican - succeeded: larry deen - birth date: january 20 , 1927 - parents: vol , sr. , and sadie rae hargrove dooley - resting place: hillcrest cemetery in haughton , louisiana - spouse: -lrb- 1 -rrb- bobbie katherine dooley -lrb- divorced -rrb- - death date: august 11 , 2014 -lrb- aged 87 -rrb- - office: sheriff of bossier parish , louisiana - term end: july 1 , 1988 - death place: bossier city , louisiana - birth place: memphis , shelby county , tennessee , usa - death cause: lengthy illness - image size: 175px - occupation: law-enforcement officer - residence: bossier city , louisiana - preceded: william edward '' willie '' waggonner - children: from first marriage : - term start: july 8 , 1976 - image: vol_dooley . jpg - religion: southern baptist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vol dooley .
vol sevier dooley , jr. -lrb- january 20 , 1927 -- august 11 , 2014 -rrb- , 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 .