Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. William McClellan officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery at Belmont. Deaton Funeral Home of Belmont will be in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Virginia Coker of Belmont; two children, Kim Coker of Belmont and Jason Coker (Natalie) of Dennis; two grandchildren, Jenny Lynn and Jake Coker; four sisters, Betty Jean Thornton, Rubene Spencer, Billie Ruth Kay and Clara Nell Brown; two brothers, Donald Coker (Arweeda) and Hubert Coker (Carolyn); two brothers-in-law, Gerald Henley (Tonya) and Billy Ray Henley (Lynn); and two sisters-in-law, Julie Mae Coker and Nellie Coker.
He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Coker, his parents, Homer and Luna Coker, three brothers, L.C., Charlie and Wayne Coker; and five brothers-in-law, Vade Thornton, Owen Brown, Roy Strickland, Ellis Spencer and Perry Kay.
His nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and until service time on Wednesday.
Published in Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on Nov. 19, 2013
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. William McClellan officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery at Belmont. Deaton Funeral Home of Belmont will be in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Virginia Coker of Belmont; two children, Kim Coker of Belmont and Jason Coker (Natalie) of Dennis; two grandchildren, Jenny Lynn and Jake Coker; four sisters, Betty Jean Thornton, Rubene Spencer, Billie Ruth Kay and Clara Nell Brown; two brothers, Donald Coker (Arweeda) and Hubert Coker (Carolyn); two brothers-in-law, Gerald Henley (Tonya) and Billy Ray Henley (Lynn); and two sisters-in-law, Julie Mae Coker and Nellie Coker.
He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Coker, his parents, Homer and Luna Coker, three brothers, L.C., Charlie and Wayne Coker; and five brothers-in-law, Vade Thornton, Owen Brown, Roy Strickland, Ellis Spencer and Perry Kay.
His nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be 6 to 9 p.m. today at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and until service time on Wednesday.
Published in Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on Nov. 19, 2013
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