Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Phillip William Coon
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   COON
   Phillip William COON was born June 23, 1921, in Seminole County. He
   died February 3, 1986, at his home. Funeral services were held
   February 6 at the Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. E. WARN
   officiating. No other details of his funeral were given. He was a
   member of Greenleaf Indian Baptist Church. Interment was at the family
   cemetery under the direction of the Webb Funeral Home.
   He was the son of Tobler and Jemima COON and became a Creek artist. He
   had attended Buckeye School and served in the U.S. Army after being
   drafted on November 25, 1942. He served in Germany and was later
   transferred to the Philippine Islands and served there until his
   discharge on September 8, 1946. On September 19, 1946, he married Lula
   May WEST in Okemah.
   He is survived by seven sons and one daughter; Glen COON of
   Burlington, WI, Amos COON of Tulsa, Bucky COON of Oklahoma City, Stacy
   COON of McCloud, and Phillip COOK, Jr., Manuel COON, Wendell COON and
   Janice COON, all of Okemah; one sister, Nevada SIMMERS of Okmulgee;
   and several grandchildren.