An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Friday, August 22, 1969:
Funeral services for Mrs. John O. Coskrey of Gatesville were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Kenneth Patrick officiated and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Coskrey died at 11 a. m. Saturday in the local hospital shortly after being stricken ill in a Gatesville rest home, where she was a patient. She was 84.
She was born Lorena Jo Blackmon in Tennessee Oct. 17, 1884, and came to Coryell County with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blackmon, when she was only two months old. She married John Coskrey April 5, 1923. He died in 1953.
Mrs. Coskrey, who had lived in Gatesville for many years, was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors are one son, Glenn Coskrey of Waco; a daughter, Mrs. Myron K. Leonard of Cornfield, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and five nephews and nieces who were reared in the Coskrey home—Aubrey Doyle of Fort Worth, Arvil Doyle of Houston, Emmett Doyle of Houston, and Mrs. Zoma Davies and Mrs. Irma Turner, both of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Coskrey's funeral were Bill Davis, Pete Patterson, A. H. Meadows, Jack Carroll, Ray Edmondson and Emmett Doyle.
From Texas Deaths, 1890-1976:
Name: Lorena Jo Coskrey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Aug 1969
Event Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1884
Birthplace: , Tennessee
Father's Name: Thomas Blackmon
Mother's Name: Emma Jane Anderson
Certificate Number: 62598
GS Film number: 2218109 , Digital Folder Number: 005145851 , Image Number: 02157
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DX-Y4M : accessed 6 January 2015), Lorena Jo Coskrey, 16 Aug 1969; citing certificate number 62598, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,109
Find A Grave contributor k Alcott #48396106 submitted the correction of middle name "Jo" to "Joe".
Funeral services for Mrs. John O. Coskrey of Gatesville were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Kenneth Patrick officiated and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Coskrey died at 11 a. m. Saturday in the local hospital shortly after being stricken ill in a Gatesville rest home, where she was a patient. She was 84.
She was born Lorena Jo Blackmon in Tennessee Oct. 17, 1884, and came to Coryell County with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blackmon, when she was only two months old. She married John Coskrey April 5, 1923. He died in 1953.
Mrs. Coskrey, who had lived in Gatesville for many years, was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors are one son, Glenn Coskrey of Waco; a daughter, Mrs. Myron K. Leonard of Cornfield, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and five nephews and nieces who were reared in the Coskrey home—Aubrey Doyle of Fort Worth, Arvil Doyle of Houston, Emmett Doyle of Houston, and Mrs. Zoma Davies and Mrs. Irma Turner, both of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Coskrey's funeral were Bill Davis, Pete Patterson, A. H. Meadows, Jack Carroll, Ray Edmondson and Emmett Doyle.
From Texas Deaths, 1890-1976:
Name: Lorena Jo Coskrey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Aug 1969
Event Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1884
Birthplace: , Tennessee
Father's Name: Thomas Blackmon
Mother's Name: Emma Jane Anderson
Certificate Number: 62598
GS Film number: 2218109 , Digital Folder Number: 005145851 , Image Number: 02157
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DX-Y4M : accessed 6 January 2015), Lorena Jo Coskrey, 16 Aug 1969; citing certificate number 62598, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,109
Find A Grave contributor k Alcott #48396106 submitted the correction of middle name "Jo" to "Joe".
An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Friday, August 22, 1969:
Funeral services for Mrs. John O. Coskrey of Gatesville were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Kenneth Patrick officiated and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Coskrey died at 11 a. m. Saturday in the local hospital shortly after being stricken ill in a Gatesville rest home, where she was a patient. She was 84.
She was born Lorena Jo Blackmon in Tennessee Oct. 17, 1884, and came to Coryell County with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blackmon, when she was only two months old. She married John Coskrey April 5, 1923. He died in 1953.
Mrs. Coskrey, who had lived in Gatesville for many years, was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors are one son, Glenn Coskrey of Waco; a daughter, Mrs. Myron K. Leonard of Cornfield, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and five nephews and nieces who were reared in the Coskrey home—Aubrey Doyle of Fort Worth, Arvil Doyle of Houston, Emmett Doyle of Houston, and Mrs. Zoma Davies and Mrs. Irma Turner, both of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Coskrey's funeral were Bill Davis, Pete Patterson, A. H. Meadows, Jack Carroll, Ray Edmondson and Emmett Doyle.
From Texas Deaths, 1890-1976:
Name: Lorena Jo Coskrey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Aug 1969
Event Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1884
Birthplace: , Tennessee
Father's Name: Thomas Blackmon
Mother's Name: Emma Jane Anderson
Certificate Number: 62598
GS Film number: 2218109 , Digital Folder Number: 005145851 , Image Number: 02157
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DX-Y4M : accessed 6 January 2015), Lorena Jo Coskrey, 16 Aug 1969; citing certificate number 62598, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,109
Find A Grave contributor k Alcott #48396106 submitted the correction of middle name "Jo" to "Joe".
Funeral services for Mrs. John O. Coskrey of Gatesville were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Kenneth Patrick officiated and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Coskrey died at 11 a. m. Saturday in the local hospital shortly after being stricken ill in a Gatesville rest home, where she was a patient. She was 84.
She was born Lorena Jo Blackmon in Tennessee Oct. 17, 1884, and came to Coryell County with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blackmon, when she was only two months old. She married John Coskrey April 5, 1923. He died in 1953.
Mrs. Coskrey, who had lived in Gatesville for many years, was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors are one son, Glenn Coskrey of Waco; a daughter, Mrs. Myron K. Leonard of Cornfield, Ohio; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and five nephews and nieces who were reared in the Coskrey home—Aubrey Doyle of Fort Worth, Arvil Doyle of Houston, Emmett Doyle of Houston, and Mrs. Zoma Davies and Mrs. Irma Turner, both of Beverly Hills, Calif.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Coskrey's funeral were Bill Davis, Pete Patterson, A. H. Meadows, Jack Carroll, Ray Edmondson and Emmett Doyle.
From Texas Deaths, 1890-1976:
Name: Lorena Jo Coskrey
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Aug 1969
Event Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1884
Birthplace: , Tennessee
Father's Name: Thomas Blackmon
Mother's Name: Emma Jane Anderson
Certificate Number: 62598
GS Film number: 2218109 , Digital Folder Number: 005145851 , Image Number: 02157
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3DX-Y4M : accessed 6 January 2015), Lorena Jo Coskrey, 16 Aug 1969; citing certificate number 62598, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,109
Find A Grave contributor k Alcott #48396106 submitted the correction of middle name "Jo" to "Joe".
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