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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 257.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 4 Dec 2005.
Beloved mother Bertha Coggins, of Newport, went to be with the Lord Sunday evening, December 4, 2005, at Fort Sanders in Knoxville following a lengthy illness.
She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Bertha was preceded in death by her husband, Hoover Coggins; parents, Joseph and Susie (Walker) Styles; two brothers and one sister, Bruce Styles, Jim Styles, and Callie Mae Cogburn.
She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Rose and Danny Pierce and Patty Wallace, and one son, Robert Coggins, all of Newport; special sister and friend, Faye and husband, Frank Wilson, of Knoxville; sisters, Sarah Shelton, of Newport, and Grace and husband, Lanford Gentry, of Clarksville; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Bud and Cassie Mae Styles, Pete and Margaret Styles, and Beecher and Hazel Styles, all of Newport; six grandchildren, special grandson and caregiver, Lance and Rachel Pierce, Penny and Bryan Freshour, Marcus and Dana Pierce, Sarah Sue Coggins, Tiara Ellison, and Chasity Wallace; five great-grandchildren, Austin Pierce, Dylan Pierce, Bradley Freshour, Joseph Freshour, and Stephen Freshour.
Also, a special niece, Cheryl Phillips, and Sharon Wilson.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. December 6, 2005, at Brown Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, December 7, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. Adam Sanders and the Rev. A.J. Crawford officiating. Interment will follow in Styles Cemetery.
Brown Funeral Home has been honored to provide the final arrangements for Mrs. Bertha Coggins.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 411-50-4529.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Hoover Coggins
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Jun 1950
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Spouse's Name: Bertha Styles
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