Amelia Coggburn's Obituary
Services for Amelia Clark Coggburn of Hallsville, Texas will be held Tuesday, July 3, 2007, at 2 PM in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home, Longview, Texas with Pastor Shinia Kelsey officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas at 4:30 PM.
Mrs. Coggburn passed away after a brief illness on Thursday evening, June 28, 2007 at West Oak Rehab Center in Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Coggburn was born May 15, 1919 in Nacogdoches to Leon and Myrtle Haltom Clark. Amelia was the granddaughter of William Clark and Charles S. Taylor, both signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. She married John Coggburn in 1943. The lived in Aransas Pass and Longview, Texas. They later moved to Magnolia, Arkansas and moved back to Hallsville where she was a resident since 1967. She moved to Longview in 2003 and in July 2006 moved to Austin to be close to her grandchildren and new great granddaughter.
Mrs. Coggburn was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hallsville, United Methodist Women, Helping Hands Extension Club, Keenager?s , Women?s Forum, ARCO Retiree Club and member of the Genealogy Society of Longview.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Coggburn, parents, Leon and Myrtle Clark and a sister Martha Louise Clark.
Mrs. Coggburn is survived by her daughter and son in law, Linda Lou and Tom Compton, recently of Austin, Texas, granddaughter, Amanda Leigh Compton Goss and husband Doug Goss, grandson, John Thomas Compton, and great granddaughter, Alaina Lauren Goss, all of Austin, She also is survived by her brother, Leon Clark, Jr., his two sons, and their families. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends.
Visitation will be Monday, July 2, 2007 from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Building Fund at First United Methodist Church in Hallsville, Texas.
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