Coke Co., TX - Obits: J.Q. Counts **************************************************** Submitted by Jacqueline Latham Nov 1, 2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm **************************************************** San Angelo Standard-Times, September 25, 2005 ROBERT LEE--A longtime resident of Coke County, J. Q. Counts, passed away on Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, at 90 years of age. He was born on June 9, 1915, on the Divide in Coke County, the son of Annie Lenora McCabe Counts and Alvin Nicholas Counts. He was the grandson of John Quitman McCabe, one of the early settlers of Coke County. He is survived by his children, Ellen Counts Tolbert of El Paso, Texas, Robert James Counts of Robert Lee, Texas, Jacquelyn Counts Williams of Las Cruces, N.M. and John Quitman Counts of Conroe, Texas; five brothers, Carl Counts and Dennis Counts of San Angelo, James Counts of Water Valley, Logan Counts of Castle Rock, Colo., and Loyd Counts of Arlington; two sisters, Ethel Harmon of Houston and Lucille Cathey of San Angelo. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 13 great- grandchildren. J. Q. was preceded in death by the love of his life, Beatrice Taylor Counts and one sister, Melba Posey. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, in the Divide Cemetery in Coke County, Texas. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the West Coke County EMS of Robert Lee, Texas. Shaffer Funeral Home Permission granted by the San Angelo Standard Times for publication in the Coke County TXGenWeb Archives.