COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Edward Carlyle Coker, 78, of Columbia will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park with Reverend Barry Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery with family receiving friends and family at the home following the service. Visitation will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 at the funeral home. Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park is assisting the family.
Mr. Coker passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015. He was born in Columbia, SC to the late Carlyle Isadore Coker and Thelma Elizabeth Morse Coker Richardson. He was a member of Shandon Baptist Church. Mr. Coker was retired from the US Navy with 20 years of exemplary service having retired as a Machinist Mate Chief Petty Officer. He served on various types of naval warfare ships throughout his career and was selected as Company Commander for Great Lakes Recruitment Training Center. After his retirement, he worked as a civil servant as a facility plant operator for Fort Jackson. He received his Bachelor of Art degree from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Coker was a former licensed real estate agent with Bob Capes Realty.
Edward is survived by his loving wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wright Coker, of 57 years; daughters, Brenda Renee Coker Pruitt of Lexington and LaConia Elizabeth Boylston of Columbia; son, Edward "Eddie" Cofton Coker of Lexington; grandchildren, Adam Pruitt of Seattle, WA, Amy Pruitt Hunter (Daniel) of Seattle, WA, Jacob Boylston of Clarksville, TN, Autumn Boylston of Columbia, SC, Catherine Coker of Asheville, NC, and Weston Coker of Asheville, NC; great-grandchild, LaConia Anderson. Also surviving are brothers, Robert Nelson Coker (Sherron) and Donnie Leroy Coker (Diane).
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, David Richard Coker; and a brother, James Wesley Coker.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be made to Shandon Baptist Church Mission, 5250 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
Mr. Coker passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015. He was born in Columbia, SC to the late Carlyle Isadore Coker and Thelma Elizabeth Morse Coker Richardson. He was a member of Shandon Baptist Church. Mr. Coker was retired from the US Navy with 20 years of exemplary service having retired as a Machinist Mate Chief Petty Officer. He served on various types of naval warfare ships throughout his career and was selected as Company Commander for Great Lakes Recruitment Training Center. After his retirement, he worked as a civil servant as a facility plant operator for Fort Jackson. He received his Bachelor of Art degree from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Coker was a former licensed real estate agent with Bob Capes Realty.
Edward is survived by his loving wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wright Coker, of 57 years; daughters, Brenda Renee Coker Pruitt of Lexington and LaConia Elizabeth Boylston of Columbia; son, Edward "Eddie" Cofton Coker of Lexington; grandchildren, Adam Pruitt of Seattle, WA, Amy Pruitt Hunter (Daniel) of Seattle, WA, Jacob Boylston of Clarksville, TN, Autumn Boylston of Columbia, SC, Catherine Coker of Asheville, NC, and Weston Coker of Asheville, NC; great-grandchild, LaConia Anderson. Also surviving are brothers, Robert Nelson Coker (Sherron) and Donnie Leroy Coker (Diane).
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, David Richard Coker; and a brother, James Wesley Coker.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be made to Shandon Baptist Church Mission, 5250 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Edward Carlyle Coker, 78, of Columbia will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park with Reverend Barry Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery with family receiving friends and family at the home following the service. Visitation will be held Monday, February 2, 2015 at the funeral home. Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park is assisting the family.
Mr. Coker passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015. He was born in Columbia, SC to the late Carlyle Isadore Coker and Thelma Elizabeth Morse Coker Richardson. He was a member of Shandon Baptist Church. Mr. Coker was retired from the US Navy with 20 years of exemplary service having retired as a Machinist Mate Chief Petty Officer. He served on various types of naval warfare ships throughout his career and was selected as Company Commander for Great Lakes Recruitment Training Center. After his retirement, he worked as a civil servant as a facility plant operator for Fort Jackson. He received his Bachelor of Art degree from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Coker was a former licensed real estate agent with Bob Capes Realty.
Edward is survived by his loving wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wright Coker, of 57 years; daughters, Brenda Renee Coker Pruitt of Lexington and LaConia Elizabeth Boylston of Columbia; son, Edward "Eddie" Cofton Coker of Lexington; grandchildren, Adam Pruitt of Seattle, WA, Amy Pruitt Hunter (Daniel) of Seattle, WA, Jacob Boylston of Clarksville, TN, Autumn Boylston of Columbia, SC, Catherine Coker of Asheville, NC, and Weston Coker of Asheville, NC; great-grandchild, LaConia Anderson. Also surviving are brothers, Robert Nelson Coker (Sherron) and Donnie Leroy Coker (Diane).
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, David Richard Coker; and a brother, James Wesley Coker.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be made to Shandon Baptist Church Mission, 5250 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
Mr. Coker passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015. He was born in Columbia, SC to the late Carlyle Isadore Coker and Thelma Elizabeth Morse Coker Richardson. He was a member of Shandon Baptist Church. Mr. Coker was retired from the US Navy with 20 years of exemplary service having retired as a Machinist Mate Chief Petty Officer. He served on various types of naval warfare ships throughout his career and was selected as Company Commander for Great Lakes Recruitment Training Center. After his retirement, he worked as a civil servant as a facility plant operator for Fort Jackson. He received his Bachelor of Art degree from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Coker was a former licensed real estate agent with Bob Capes Realty.
Edward is survived by his loving wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wright Coker, of 57 years; daughters, Brenda Renee Coker Pruitt of Lexington and LaConia Elizabeth Boylston of Columbia; son, Edward "Eddie" Cofton Coker of Lexington; grandchildren, Adam Pruitt of Seattle, WA, Amy Pruitt Hunter (Daniel) of Seattle, WA, Jacob Boylston of Clarksville, TN, Autumn Boylston of Columbia, SC, Catherine Coker of Asheville, NC, and Weston Coker of Asheville, NC; great-grandchild, LaConia Anderson. Also surviving are brothers, Robert Nelson Coker (Sherron) and Donnie Leroy Coker (Diane).
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a son, David Richard Coker; and a brother, James Wesley Coker.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests any memorials be made to Shandon Baptist Church Mission, 5250 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
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