Lennie Eula Golden Coffelt
Submited by: Edward L. Williams
Wife of Henry Gilbert Coffelt, daughter of
Lucios Edward Golden & Mary Helen Blue, granddaughter of Seborn E. Golden &
Anner Elizabeth "Lezie" Hendricks.
Husband: Henry Gilbert "Peanuts" Coffelt b. 31
August 1912, d. 22 August 1977, Bosque Co.
OBITUARY - WACO TRIBUNE SEPT 1, 2002
Lennie Eula Golden Coffelt
Funeral services were held for Lennie Eula
Golden Coffelt, 86, of Clifton, on Monday, Sept. 2, at First Baptist Church of
Walnut Springs, with the Rev. Richard Creech officiating. Lennie Eula Golden was
born in Iredell on Dec. 23, 1915, to Lucious Edward Golden and Mary Helen (Blue)
Golden. She was the youngest of four children. She passed away on Saturday, Aug.
31, 2002, in
Clifton. Her grandparents, Seaborn Golden and
Anna (Hendricks) Golden, came to Iredell in the 1890s, he from Talapoosa County,
Alabama. Her grandparents, Winfeld Scott Blue, born in Henderson County, in
1856, shortly after Texas became a state, and his wife, Samantha (Gibson) Blue,
also came to Iredell in the 1890s. She attended several rural schools in Bosque
County, including Midway, Fairview, Valley View,
and Willow Springs. On Oct. 28, 1932, she married Henry Gilbert (Peanuts)
Coffelt, in Hamilton. They settled in the Iredell community and later in Walnut
Springs, where they reared two sons. She was a member of the Willow Springs
Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Walnut Springs for many years. In
August 1997, she was preceded in death by Gilbert, her beloved husband of 65
years.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Kenneth
Coffelt and wife, Sue, and Henry Rex Coffelt and wife, Gwen; two grandchildren,
Tammy Burch and husband, James Burch of Meridian, and Brad Coffelt and wife,
Mellisa (Missy) of Walnut Springs; five grandchildren, Jessika and Brody
Coffelt, and Krista Wyatt, and Emily Burch; along with a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Brad Coffelt, James Burch, Leon Golden, Leonard Gilbreath, John
Hernandez, and Bennett Morrow. Interment was in Fulton Cemetery, between Walnut
Springs and
Iredell, under the direction of Lawson Funeral
Home of Meridian.
County Coordinator:
Gayle Triller
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