Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coker, William C., 1970 

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WILLIAM CALEB COKER 

   A graveside funeral service for William Caleb Coker was conducted at 11 a.m. 
Friday in Poplar Spring Cemetery by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist 
Church.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were John C. Parker, R.B. Allport Jr., Ed Rogers, Charlie 
Wieters, Tom Barron, Eldridge Smith, Arthur Vaughan, and Stuart Crawford.

   Coker, 69, a retired civil and construction engineer who worked 33 years at 
Union Camp Corp. died Wednesday in his home after a long illness.

   He was a former chairman of the Franklin School Board.

   A native of Marion, S.C., he has lived here since 1937. He was the husband 
of the late Mrs. Louise Williams Coker.

   Until recently he was engineer consultant for Union Camp Corp.

   He had science and engineering degrees from the University of South Carolina 
and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

   He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Kappa Alpha 
Fraternity, Franklin Baptist Church, and Franklin Rotary Club.

   Surviving are two sons, E.R.M. Coker of Franklin and C.F.W. Coker of Raleigh; 
two daughters, Mrs. Wade C. Wieters of Clinton, S.C., and Miss Flora Wiley 
Coker of Milwaukee, Wis.; two brothers, Edward C. Coker Jr. of Clinton and 
Allen M. Coker of Aiken, S.C.; and four grandchildren.


William Caleb COKER, retired engineer for Union Camp Corp., 
civic leader & former Franklin School Board chairman, 
Marion, SC native, d. 30 Sep 1970, at home, Franklin, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 99*), Franklin, 2 Oct 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 5, 1970 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 25, 1964, Sect. I, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c260l1ob.txt 


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