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Ruth I. <I>Knight</I> Coats

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Ruth I. Knight Coats

Birth
Death
15 Jun 2002 (aged 98)
Burial
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 40
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Services for Ruth K. Coats, 98, of Shallowater will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church of Shallowater with the Rev. Everett Statler and the Rev. Roland Burnett officiating.

Burial will be in city of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home.

She died Saturday, June 15, 2002.

She was born Oct. 13, 1903, in Shaw, Kan., and moved to Lubbock County in 1929. She moved to Shallowater in 1946. She married Birdie C. Coats June 2, 1925, in Denton. He died Nov. 22, 1990.

A daughter, Elizabeth Perser, died Dec. 10, 1985.

She attended schools in New Mexico, where she received her teaching certificate. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Shallowater.

Survivors include two sons, Charles of Lubbock and John of Mineral Wells; three daughters, Ethel Coleman of Willcox, Ariz., Gail Payne of San Angelo and Nancy Swanner of Lubbock; a brother, Joseph E. Knight of Aztec, N.M.; a sister, Catherine Christenson of Cleveland, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church of Shallowater.
Services for Ruth K. Coats, 98, of Shallowater will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church of Shallowater with the Rev. Everett Statler and the Rev. Roland Burnett officiating.

Burial will be in city of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home.

She died Saturday, June 15, 2002.

She was born Oct. 13, 1903, in Shaw, Kan., and moved to Lubbock County in 1929. She moved to Shallowater in 1946. She married Birdie C. Coats June 2, 1925, in Denton. He died Nov. 22, 1990.

A daughter, Elizabeth Perser, died Dec. 10, 1985.

She attended schools in New Mexico, where she received her teaching certificate. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church of Shallowater.

Survivors include two sons, Charles of Lubbock and John of Mineral Wells; three daughters, Ethel Coleman of Willcox, Ariz., Gail Payne of San Angelo and Nancy Swanner of Lubbock; a brother, Joseph E. Knight of Aztec, N.M.; a sister, Catherine Christenson of Cleveland, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church of Shallowater.

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  • Maintained by: Rob Cook
  • Originally Created by: David Sifford
  • Added: Oct 29, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8043398/ruth_i-coats: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth I. Knight Coats (13 Oct 1903–15 Jun 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8043398, citing City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Rob Cook (contributor 47195446).