Born to William Joseph and Lenora "Nora" Smith Sparks in Farmersville, Texas, Lula Inez and her parents moved to Hanna, Oklahoma in 1914. The family relocated to Spearman, Texas in 1928 where Inez spent her senior year at Spearman High School; after graduation in 1929, she considered continuing her education at the University of Texas at Austin but opted not to attend college. That same year, the Sparks family moved to Erick, Oklahoma. Soon after, she met Alfus Milton Coffey and the two were married in Sweetwater, Oklahoma on 17 January 1931. The union produced one child, Ronnie Clel who was born on 25 January 1932. The couple remained in Sweetwater until February 1949 when they moved to Erick.
Inez was an ordained Assembly of God minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sweetwater.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, four brothers, and five sisters. She is survived by three Granddaughters--Glenda (Ricky Walden) of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; Brenda (Ronnie Foshee) of Manford, Oklahoma; and Ronna (Paul B. Hatley) of Claremore, Oklahoma. She is survived also by her Daughter-in-Law, Levota Coffee of Claremore; seven Great-Grandchildren--Aaron Walden, Traci Walden, Ryan Foshee, Laura Foshee, Tia (Dustin Henson), Whitney Hildebrand, and Matthew Hildebrand; and four Great-Great-Grandchildren--Braden Henson, Logan Henson, Peyton Henson, Ellie Rose Radcliffe--and a host of other relatives and friends.
Inez died at the age of 101 years, five months, and fifteen days.
Her funeral service was held on 7 August at the Sweetwater Assembly of God Church with the Reverend Steve Lowrance and the Reverend Roger Waugh officiating.
Inez was an ordained Assembly of God minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sweetwater.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, four brothers, and five sisters. She is survived by three Granddaughters--Glenda (Ricky Walden) of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; Brenda (Ronnie Foshee) of Manford, Oklahoma; and Ronna (Paul B. Hatley) of Claremore, Oklahoma. She is survived also by her Daughter-in-Law, Levota Coffee of Claremore; seven Great-Grandchildren--Aaron Walden, Traci Walden, Ryan Foshee, Laura Foshee, Tia (Dustin Henson), Whitney Hildebrand, and Matthew Hildebrand; and four Great-Great-Grandchildren--Braden Henson, Logan Henson, Peyton Henson, Ellie Rose Radcliffe--and a host of other relatives and friends.
Inez died at the age of 101 years, five months, and fifteen days.
Her funeral service was held on 7 August at the Sweetwater Assembly of God Church with the Reverend Steve Lowrance and the Reverend Roger Waugh officiating.
Born to William Joseph and Lenora "Nora" Smith Sparks in Farmersville, Texas, Lula Inez and her parents moved to Hanna, Oklahoma in 1914. The family relocated to Spearman, Texas in 1928 where Inez spent her senior year at Spearman High School; after graduation in 1929, she considered continuing her education at the University of Texas at Austin but opted not to attend college. That same year, the Sparks family moved to Erick, Oklahoma. Soon after, she met Alfus Milton Coffey and the two were married in Sweetwater, Oklahoma on 17 January 1931. The union produced one child, Ronnie Clel who was born on 25 January 1932. The couple remained in Sweetwater until February 1949 when they moved to Erick.
Inez was an ordained Assembly of God minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sweetwater.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, four brothers, and five sisters. She is survived by three Granddaughters--Glenda (Ricky Walden) of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; Brenda (Ronnie Foshee) of Manford, Oklahoma; and Ronna (Paul B. Hatley) of Claremore, Oklahoma. She is survived also by her Daughter-in-Law, Levota Coffee of Claremore; seven Great-Grandchildren--Aaron Walden, Traci Walden, Ryan Foshee, Laura Foshee, Tia (Dustin Henson), Whitney Hildebrand, and Matthew Hildebrand; and four Great-Great-Grandchildren--Braden Henson, Logan Henson, Peyton Henson, Ellie Rose Radcliffe--and a host of other relatives and friends.
Inez died at the age of 101 years, five months, and fifteen days.
Her funeral service was held on 7 August at the Sweetwater Assembly of God Church with the Reverend Steve Lowrance and the Reverend Roger Waugh officiating.
Inez was an ordained Assembly of God minister and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Sweetwater.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, four brothers, and five sisters. She is survived by three Granddaughters--Glenda (Ricky Walden) of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; Brenda (Ronnie Foshee) of Manford, Oklahoma; and Ronna (Paul B. Hatley) of Claremore, Oklahoma. She is survived also by her Daughter-in-Law, Levota Coffee of Claremore; seven Great-Grandchildren--Aaron Walden, Traci Walden, Ryan Foshee, Laura Foshee, Tia (Dustin Henson), Whitney Hildebrand, and Matthew Hildebrand; and four Great-Great-Grandchildren--Braden Henson, Logan Henson, Peyton Henson, Ellie Rose Radcliffe--and a host of other relatives and friends.
Inez died at the age of 101 years, five months, and fifteen days.
Her funeral service was held on 7 August at the Sweetwater Assembly of God Church with the Reverend Steve Lowrance and the Reverend Roger Waugh officiating.
Inscription
Reverse: Parents of Ronnie C.
Obverse: Father Mother
Married Jan. 17, 1931
Gone But Not Forgotten
