***MY STEP SON***
Ralph "Bo" Coley, 75 formerly of Carthage, died Sunday 9/5/2010 at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply.
A native of Moore County, he was U.S. Army veteran. He was a tobacco farmer and had also worked as a police officer in Carthage and Whispering Pines. He had been active in the Carthage and Whispering Pines rescue squad and also served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Southern Pines.
He was preceded in death by his mother Rachel Cameron Coley, and brothers Lester, Gene, Dwight Coley.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Norma Jean Blue Coley; Children Jackie Coley and Annette Coley, both of Carthage, Cameron Coley, Michael Coley, Austin Coley and Gina Coley, all of Holden Beach, and Debbie Stepp of Virginia; sisters, Gaynell Layne of Sanford and Linda Scholbrock of Cuba City, Wis; a brother James Coley of Sanford; 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Eureka Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Edward I. Boyce officiating, Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Published in Sanford Herald 9/05/10
Father: Clifton Ray Coley (1907-1985)
Mother: Rachel Cameron Coley (1913-2007)
Ralph is my step-son from my marraige to Clifton Ray Coley. I wish I had gotten to know him. He sounds like he was a wonderful person. REST IN PEACE RALPH
Ralph "Bo" Coley, 75 formerly of Carthage, died Sunday 9/5/2010 at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply.
A native of Moore County, he was U.S. Army veteran. He was a tobacco farmer and had also worked as a police officer in Carthage and Whispering Pines. He had been active in the Carthage and Whispering Pines rescue squad and also served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Southern Pines.
He was preceded in death by his mother Rachel Cameron Coley, and brothers Lester, Gene, Dwight Coley.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Norma Jean Blue Coley; Children Jackie Coley and Annette Coley, both of Carthage, Cameron Coley, Michael Coley, Austin Coley and Gina Coley, all of Holden Beach, and Debbie Stepp of Virginia; sisters, Gaynell Layne of Sanford and Linda Scholbrock of Cuba City, Wis; a brother James Coley of Sanford; 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Eureka Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Edward I. Boyce officiating, Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Published in Sanford Herald 9/05/10
Father: Clifton Ray Coley (1907-1985)
Mother: Rachel Cameron Coley (1913-2007)
Ralph is my step-son from my marraige to Clifton Ray Coley. I wish I had gotten to know him. He sounds like he was a wonderful person. REST IN PEACE RALPH
***MY STEP SON***
Ralph "Bo" Coley, 75 formerly of Carthage, died Sunday 9/5/2010 at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply.
A native of Moore County, he was U.S. Army veteran. He was a tobacco farmer and had also worked as a police officer in Carthage and Whispering Pines. He had been active in the Carthage and Whispering Pines rescue squad and also served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Southern Pines.
He was preceded in death by his mother Rachel Cameron Coley, and brothers Lester, Gene, Dwight Coley.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Norma Jean Blue Coley; Children Jackie Coley and Annette Coley, both of Carthage, Cameron Coley, Michael Coley, Austin Coley and Gina Coley, all of Holden Beach, and Debbie Stepp of Virginia; sisters, Gaynell Layne of Sanford and Linda Scholbrock of Cuba City, Wis; a brother James Coley of Sanford; 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Eureka Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Edward I. Boyce officiating, Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Published in Sanford Herald 9/05/10
Father: Clifton Ray Coley (1907-1985)
Mother: Rachel Cameron Coley (1913-2007)
Ralph is my step-son from my marraige to Clifton Ray Coley. I wish I had gotten to know him. He sounds like he was a wonderful person. REST IN PEACE RALPH
Ralph "Bo" Coley, 75 formerly of Carthage, died Sunday 9/5/2010 at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply.
A native of Moore County, he was U.S. Army veteran. He was a tobacco farmer and had also worked as a police officer in Carthage and Whispering Pines. He had been active in the Carthage and Whispering Pines rescue squad and also served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Southern Pines.
He was preceded in death by his mother Rachel Cameron Coley, and brothers Lester, Gene, Dwight Coley.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Norma Jean Blue Coley; Children Jackie Coley and Annette Coley, both of Carthage, Cameron Coley, Michael Coley, Austin Coley and Gina Coley, all of Holden Beach, and Debbie Stepp of Virginia; sisters, Gaynell Layne of Sanford and Linda Scholbrock of Cuba City, Wis; a brother James Coley of Sanford; 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Eureka Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Edward I. Boyce officiating, Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Published in Sanford Herald 9/05/10
Father: Clifton Ray Coley (1907-1985)
Mother: Rachel Cameron Coley (1913-2007)
Ralph is my step-son from my marraige to Clifton Ray Coley. I wish I had gotten to know him. He sounds like he was a wonderful person. REST IN PEACE RALPH
