Martha Elizabeth Coley's Obituary
Funeral services for Martha Elizabeth Coley, 95, of Longview will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, December 26, 2012 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with David Cotham officiating. Burial will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mrs. Coley passed away Sunday afternoon in a local nursing home. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 1-2 PM prior to the service.
Martha was born on December 21, 1917 in Plano, Texas to Frank and Ada Roark. She was married to Gorden Coley in 1936, and they moved to Longview in 1947. She was a homemaker and a Charter Member of the Mobberly Avenue Church of Christ and was a faithful member until it disbanded.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and 2 grandchildren.
Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Bill Coley and his wife Sandra of Longview; Alton Coley and his wife Vickie of Longview; daughter, Martha Coley Stafford of Longview; her grandchildren, Stacie Fischer, Dr. Penny Eubank, Carla Matthews, Christie Eason, Erin Lee Ramey, Alton Clint Coley, Dr. Gorden Scott Stafford, and Erica Wickes; and 9 great grandchildren.
The family request that memorial donations be made to the charity of your choice.
A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.
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