Bill Coker

Mr. William Y. “Bill” Coker, 80, of Union City passed away 11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Union City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Melvin Poe will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from noon until the hour of services Friday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Billy Craddock, David Alan Blurton, Kenneth Coker, David Kissell, Ethan Jacobs and Blake Cheatham.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to Calvary Baptist Church “Ladies Choice” Sunday School Class, 2250 East Reelfoot Ave., Union City, TN 38261.
He was born Feb. 20, 1939, in Dyer County, son of the late N.C. “Poly” and Annie Myra (Ketchum) Coker. He married Linda (Emery) Coker Aug. 9, 1986. She survives.
He had served in the U.S. Army in Germany and in the Army Reserves. He had been employed as a correctional officer at Lake County Regional Correctional Facility and was of the Baptist faith.
He is also survived by four children, Kim Brunsting (Trey) of Cincinnati, Jennifer Craddock (Billy) of Troy, Randy Coker (Christine) of Biloxi, Miss., and David Blurton (Leigh Ann) of Union City; four sisters, Pattie Holt (Terry) of Garland, Texas, Dorothy Navin (Tommy) of Arlington, Texas, Peggy Peevyhouse (Toots) of Dyer and Alice Teague (Jimmy) of Dyersburg; two brothers, Charlie Coker (Eleanor) of Gleason and Jerry Coker (Ramona) of Missouri; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Sue Smith, Jennie Tucker and Myra Horner; and one brother, Alvin Coker.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 2.28.19