Georgetown:
Larry DeLeon Coker, 60, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia.
Mr. Coker was born in Florence on June 30, 1947, a son of the late Garris DeLeon Coker and Leona Leach Coker. He grew in Georgetown and was a graduate of Winyah High School and Baptist College. Mr. Coker served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He worked at Burdett's Supply Co. for a time and retired from Wal-Mart. Mr. Coker was an active member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are: his wife, Linda Cleland Coker of Georgetown; a daughter, April L. Coker Merrill of Cayce; a son, Robert "Rob" Garrison Coker of Columbia; a brother, Jerry Furman Coker of Burlington, N. C.; a sister, Cheryl Coker Etheridge of Moncks Corner; a grandson, Brayden Connor Merrill of Cayce; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be one o'clock Thursday afternoon, May 15, 2008, at First Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Ted A. Sherrill. Burial will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens.
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The family will receive friends at the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home, Wednesday evening, May 14, 2008, from six-thirty until eight-thirty.
Memorials may be made to the Joe & Mable Tamsberg Scholarship Fund, First Baptist Church, 219 Cleland St., Georgetown, S. C. 29440.
Funeral Home:
Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home
222 Saint James Street
Georgetown, SC
US 29440