Bryan Co., OK; Obituary: Thomas Coker c260


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THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT
Survivors names omitted.
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THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT   JAN. 8, 1999

Thomas Coker, 68

Funeral services were held Jan. 2, 1999, in Rimrock, Ariz., 
for Thomas Coker, 68, who died Dec. 29, 1998. He was buried 
in Sedonia Cemetery in Rimrock.

The son of Ellen Lucinda (Conway) Coker and Seth Tolbert Coker, 
he was born Sept. 20, 1930, in Durant.

He attended Durant Schools. Mr. Coker was a member of the 
Infantry from February of 1947 through May of 1948. He was 
discharged to join the U.S. Navy where he served in the Korean 
War and afterward was sta-tioned in California and also served 
aboard USS Jason and at the Navy-Marine Reserve Training Center 
in Santa Monica, Calif and other assignments. He retired Aug. 1, 
1969. After retirement he worked as an accountant, in construction 
as a carpenter, a plumber and a clerk and mail handler.

In May of 1952, he married Norma Lee Ellis of Caddo. They were 
divorced. He later married Judy Gail Runyon on May 22, 1965, in 
Santa Ana, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters Thelma Fleming 
and Virginia Nelson, and brothers Manco Coker, Conway Coker, 
James Coker and Rheubin Coker.