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1941 The Silver Lion
Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
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Is able to hold the Coppell fort.
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OBITUARY
Robert Eugene Coats
 ARLINGTON - Robert Eugene Coats, 83, a loving husband, father, grandfather and
great-grandfather passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at his home.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fielder Road Baptist Church, 2011 S. Fielder Road,
Arlington. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday at Moore Funeral Home 4216 S. Bowen Road, Arlington.
Memorials: His memory may be honored with gifts to Mission Arlington.
Gene was born in Coppell in 1923. He graduated from Carrollton High
School, where he met and married his sweetheart of 65 years, Mary Alice Bodine.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. A retired contract
administrator for LTV, Gene also served as mayor of Dalworthington Gardens.
He was a dedicated Christian who spent much of his time serving others,
volunteering for Mission Arlington and the Night Shelter. Gene served as a
deacon at Woods Chapel Baptist Church and Fielder Road Baptist Church. A Sunday
school teacher for more than 50 years, Gene touched many lives with his quiet
and humble spirit.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dr. Robert Eugene Coats Jr.
Survivors: His wife, Mary Alice Coats; daughters, Pam Coats, Charlene Anders and
Francine Squyers and her husband, Richard, all of Arlington; grandchildren, Amy
Pryor and her husband, Andrew, of Colleyville, Candiss Smith and her husband,
Levi, of Grand Prairie and Cody Anders, Russell Squyers and Charles Squyers, all
of Arlington; great-grandchildren, Chloe and Elijah Pryor and Tate Anders; John
Bodine of Hugo, Okla.; Oscar Martin of Seattle, Wash.; and many other nieces and
nephews.
Moore Funeral Home-Bowen Chapel
Arlington, 817-468-8111 |
Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams |
ROBERT EUGENE COATS (1923-2007)
A lifetime spent serving others
Author: ROBERT CADWALLADER, Special to the Star-Telegram
DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS — Robert Eugene Coats was a familiar sight at Mission
Arlington, City Hall and nearly anywhere else that people needed a hand.
The former Dalworthington Gardens mayor dedicated his life to family but always
found time for his community, friends and relatives recalled.
"My dad, even though he was a very quiet man, was always patriotic and very
civic-minded," said Francine Squyers, one of his three daughters. "His life was
about service to others. He's a very strong, Christian man, there's no denying
that. That's how everybody knew him."
Mr. Coats died of cancer Wednesday at 83. He was diagnosed a month ago, after a
period of mysterious weight loss, his family said.
Mr. Coats was an energetic volunteer for city government and other services.
"He would come real often and bring us rice and beans to give away," said Tillie
Bergin, executive director of Mission Arlington. "He'd buy those 25- to 50-pound
bags, and it wasn't anything for him to lift them and get them into the pantry."
He served two terms as mayor from 1972 to 1976, and later served on the Planning
and Zoning Commission and worked on various city committees and projects.
"You could call on him anytime to do anything, and he would do it," said former
Mayor Al Taub, who was first elected in 1986 and served 20 years.
Mr. Coats was born Sept. 14, 1923, in Coppell and graduated from Carrollton High
School. He served in the Army Air Forces as a navigation system technician, then
worked 35 years for the Vought Corp., a defense contractor, retiring in 1987.
He and Mary Alice Coats, his wife of nearly 65 years — their anniversary would
have been June 13 — volunteered for 14 years at the Arlington Night Shelter and
helped at Mission Arlington's Christmas store and Fielder Road Baptist Church.
He taught Sunday school for 50 years.
Mr. Coats was preceded in death by his son, Dr. Robert Eugene Coats Jr. He is
survived by his wife; daughters Pam Coats, Charlene Anders and Francine Squyers,
all of Arlington; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services
Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home, 4216 S. Bowen Road,
Arlington.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fielder Road Baptist Church, 2011 S. Fielder Road,
Arlington.
Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington.
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Friday, June 1, 2007 |
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Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
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