Obituary of Dallas Coon

Services for Dallas M. Coon, 78, Arp, are scheduled for 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 20 at the Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Reverend Doctor Ron Klingsick and Reverend Chris Cliborn officiating. Burial will be in the Ebenezer Cemetery, Arp, under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mr. Coon died Tuesday, October 18, 2011, in a Tyler hospital. He was born February 27, 1933, in Jena, Louisiana to the late Hamilton and Eunice Windham Coon. A resident of Arp since 1949, he was an avid welder and retired from McMurray Pipeline.  Mr. Coon was a member of the Arp Emmanuel Baptist Church where he was a member of the Nudgers Sunday School Class. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister and three brothers. He married Opal Coon in Jena, Louisiana January 5, 1957. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Opal Coon, Arp; three daughters and sons-in-law, Delane and Michael Davis, New Summerfield, Renae and Keith Howard, Arp, and Shasta and Bill Claiborne, McKinney; a brother, Lavon Coon, Jena, Louisiana; nine grandchildren and their spouses, Misty Kelley, Candice Hamilton, Trenton Howard, Wesley and Lanette Davis, Casey Davis, Krystal Richardson, Marcus Claiborne, Stephanie and Damon Hensley and Leslie and Ryan Gerbrandt; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Johnny Stapleton, John Yowell, Billy Vernon, Bob Wilson, Robert Parish and Wayne 'Tot' Thomas. The Nudgers Sunday School Class will serve as Honorary Pallbearers.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Wednesday, October 19.