Obit: William "Earl" Coker, Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by Suzanne Shoemaker
Date: Nov. 1998


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Shreveport Times Sat., Oct. 22, 1998 issue

WILLLIAM "EARL" COKER

William "Earl" Coker, on Friday, Oct. 16, 1998 at 5:30 p.m.  Husband of
Margaret Morrison coker of Houma, LA.  Son of the late Lee and Nora Young
Coker.  Father of Billy Coker, Jean Sharp and Earline Davidson of Houma, LA
and the late Maxine Coker.  Brother of Bobby coker of Tullos, LA and the
late Lambert Coker, Clyde coker, Alma c. Robbins, Nannie C. Rhodes and
Juanita Coker.  Also survived by four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.

Age 86 years, a native of Bossier Parish, LA and a resident of Houma, LA
He was a retired production and drilling foreman of 35 years with Texaco,
Inc.  His hobbies included: avid fisherman and deer hunting and
woodworking.  He was a deacon at the Christ Baptist Church in Houma, LA  He
came from the cotton fields to the Texaco oilfields.

Religious services were held on Sat., Oct. 17, 1998 at 2 p.m. at Chauvin
Funeral Home Chapel, Houma, LA with interment at Rocky Mount Cemetary in
Rocky Mount, LA on Monday, Oct. 19, 199 at 2 p.m.