Wanda Ellen Coker

Funeral services for Wanda Ellen Coker, 86, of Gainesville, are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Monday, May 21, 2018 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Kremling officiating.  Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 9:00 to 10:00 AM prior to the service.

Mrs. Coker passed away May 18, 2018 in Denton.

Wanda was born June 24, 1931 to Robert Edward and Fannie F. (Aulston) Martin in Randlett, OK, where she also attended school.  She married Donald Coker on November 29, 1947 in Henrietta, TX.  Mrs. Coker was a seamstress for Haggar Slacks in Bowie for many years.  She enjoyed gardening and loved her flowers.  In recent years, Mrs. Coker could often be found on her back porch watching birds and sharing conversation with her neighbor, Gary Farmer.

Survivors include: daughter Karen Sue Graham of Gainesville; daughter Glenda Jean Coker of Lindsay; son Don Coker Jr. of Gulf Breeze, FL; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Mrs. Coker was preceded in death by: her parents; husband; daughter Donna Kay Coker; two grandsons; eight brothers; two sisters; and son-in-law Dr. James V. Graham.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Home Hospice of Cooke County.