A Memorial Service for Holbrook Buckmaster “Buck” Coyne, Jr., 68, of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Ada was held Saturday, August 2, 2014 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Morehead City, NC.
Mr. Coyne died Monday, July 28, 2014. He was born October 29, 1945 in Danville, Virginia. He grew up in Virginia and Connecticut and attended Kent School in Kent, CT before moving to Spartanburg, SC. He graduated from Spartanburg High School where he was on the track team and he was the football team quarterback. He attended Davidson College in North Carolina. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the Davidson track team. Buck entered Officer Training School during the Vietnam War and achieved the rank of Captain in the U. S. Army. After the war, he returned to Davidson and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then entered and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law. He married Nina Williams in Spartanburg, SC. She preceded him in death in 1993.
Buck married Mary Criswell and then moved to Ada in 1995. He had a law practice in Ada, Braly and Braly and Coyne for many years. While living in Ada, he was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church where he served one term as the Sr. Warden and also sang in the choir.
Survivors include his two sons, Holbrook “Brook” Buckmaster Coyne, III and wife Alison and Charles “Charlie” Williams Coyne and wife Julie; two sisters, Kathy Belcher and Clare Coyne; three grandchildren, Jack, Joey and Charles; and step-children, Thomas Criswell, James Criswell, Anne Criswell Escobedo and Spencer Criswell Buchanan.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First United Methodist Foundation.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
