Charles A. Coe

Marietta Monitor

April 22, 2005, page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Charles A. Coe, 73, of Sherman, Texas, were held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16, in the Dannel Funeral Home Chapel, Sherman, with the Rev. Lander Bethel of Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Raymond Woodrow officiating. Interment was in West Hill Cemetery.

Born December 11, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charles Arba and Alice Raum Coe, he died Tuesday, April 12, 2005.

At the age of four, his family packed everything in a Model A Ford and moved to Oklahoma where his parents were from. He graduated from Marietta High School in 1949. That summer he was in an automobile accident at Lake Murray at a place called "deadman's curve." After 18 months of recovery, he entered the University of Oklahoma at Norman. After attending the University, he went to work for a bank in Ardmore, then in Marietta, and then to Shreveport, Louisiana. Mr. Coe served in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1959; he had majored in journalism, and the Navy needed a journalist. He was assigned to Pearl Harbor. While in Hawaii he met Dick Powell and Robert Mitchum and became involved in shooting of some movies, including "The Enemy Below" and "South Pacific." After his return to the states, he settled in Sherman, where he held several positions before beginning his career with the City of Sherman as an accountant until his retirement. Mr. Coe was a member of Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church, Bass Club and Elks Club.

Survivors include his sister, Alice Musser of Oklahoma City; a grandson, Travis Nobles; a niece, three nephews; nine great-nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Pallbearers were Fred Mecoy, Don Mecoy, Geoffrey Mecoy, Charlie Pierce, Brad McConnell and Travis Nobles. Honorary pallbearers were David Trotter and Ed Phillips.

Memorials may be made to Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church, 901 N. Grand Avenue, Sherman, TX 75090, or the donor's favorite charity.