Mary Coats

Mary Coats obituary, Benson, NC

Mary Coats

Mary Coats Obituary

Visit the Rose & Graham Funeral Home, Benson website to view the full obituary.
Dunn, NC : Mrs. Mary Lou Horton Coats, age 84, of 3220 Old Fairground Road died Monday at WakeMed in Raleigh.  Funeral services will be 2:00PM Friday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.  Officitating will be Rev. Scott Johnson.  Burial will follow in Harnett Devotional Gardens in Dunn. Mrs. Coats was born on August 31, 1930 in Johnston County to the late Wilbur and Letha Jernigan Horton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Sherrill Coats.  She was the former owner and operator of Mary Lou's in Dunn. Surviving include sons, Billy Joseph Coats and wife, Margaret of Coats, Sherrill Allen Coats of Dunn, and Jack Raymond Coats and wife, Jeannie of Dunn; daughter, Tammy Lou Coats Jackson of Dunn; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Thursday and other times at the home.

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Rose & Graham Funeral Home, Benson

301 W. Main Street, Benson, NC 27504

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