Fulton Daily Leader - 15 January 2004


  Wendell Hagler Coffman, a resident of the Fulton area, died on 
Jan. 7 at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton. He was 81. 

  Services were on Jan. 10 at Hornbeak Funeral Home Chapel, with 
the Revs. James Lawson and Eddie Hicks officiating. Burial was in 
Obion County Memorial Gardens. 

  Survivors include his wife, Stella Yates Coffman; one son, Ronald 
Mac Coffman of South Fulton; one sister, Margaret Perry of South 
Fulton; one stepson, Ken Wilson of Clinton; one stepdaughter, 
Kay Wiley of Clinton; and eight grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren. 

  He was preceded in death by his parents, Elwyn Mauriece Sr. and 
Hyacinth Hagler Coffman; his first wife, Carolyn Callicott Coffman; 
one brother, Elwyn Mauriece Coffman Jr.; and one granddaughter. 
Born in Weakley County on Oct. 23, 1922, he was a retired farmer 
and clerk for the Illinois Central Railroad. He was a member of 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in South Fulton and the churchís 
menís fellowship group. He was also a member of the Illinois 
Central Railroad Hunting and Fishing Club. 

  Memorials may be made to Gideons International, Box 1325, 
Fulton, KY 42041, or Cumberland Presbyterian Churchís Relay for 
Life Team, 1159 Parker Road, South Fulton, TN 38257.