Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coker, Louise B. Williams, 1964 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LOUISE BARRON WILLIAMS COKER Mrs. Louise Williams Coker, 56, died Saturday night in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of William Caleb Coker and daughter of Dr. Fred and Mrs. Mary Presley Wilson Williams. A native of Columbia, S.C., she had lived in Franklin for 27 years. She was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and a member of Franklin Baptist Church, Franklin, Music Club, Franklin Garden Club and the Book Club. She was a former member of the Junior League of Columbia. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, E.R.M. Coker of Franklin and C.F.W. Coker of Raleigh, N.C.; two daughters, Miss Mary Wilson Coker and Miss Flora Wiley Coker; and two sisters, Mrs. Preston C. Manning and Mrs. Adeline H. Williams of Columbia; and two grandchildren. Funeral services was held in Poplar Spring Cemetery Monday at 4 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist Church. The family requested in lieu of flowers contributions be made to Franklin Library Association or Southampton Memorial Hospital. Pallbearers were John C. Parker, R.B. Allport, Jr., Edward Rogers, Charles Wieters, Eldridge Smith, and N.T. Barron. Louise Barron (WILLIAMS; Mrs. William C.) COKER, of Franklin, Columbia, SC native, d. 20 Jun 1964, Franklin, age 56, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 99*), Franklin, 22 Jun 1964, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 25, 1964, Sect. I, p. 5 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 5, 1970) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c260w1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c260l1ob.txt