Deanna Cody (Halley), a native of Lake Providence and a graduate of Lake Providence High School, was recently promoted to the rank of sergeant major in the U.S. Army.
Cody is married and has four children. She enlisted in the Army in 2002 with specialty of heavy construction equipment operator. In the last 21 years, Cody has served in numerous positions and has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
She is currently serving as the deputy commandant at the 83rd U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Center USARRTC, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Cody’s professional affiliations include the Noncommissioned Officer Association, Association of Quartermasters, Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Member of the Master Army Instructor Advisory Panel, and the Illustrious Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Cody’s relatives who currently live in Lake Providence include Rosie Marie Armstrong,mother; LaKarven Pitts, brother; Leroy Pitts, Stanley Ray Pitts, and Bobby Joe Pitts, uncles; Fannie Mae Hose, great aunt; Oda Mae Cooper, Jacqueline Harvey, Bobby Harvey, and Broderick Jones cousins; and Shawanda Roberson, aunt.
