Charles Perry Coe

Charles Perry Coe, 51, of Wytheville, passed away Monday, June 22, 2009, after a long and courageous fight with ALS which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born in Wytheville on January 31, 1958, to Ruth C. Coe and the late Charles E. Coe. After graduating from George Wythe High School Perry attended Wytheville Community College where he obtained his Associate Degree in Business. After obtaining his Associate Degree, he became employed by Ewald Lester Insurance Company which later became Bankers Insurance Company. He was a member of the Insurance Agents of Southwest Virginia serving as President from 1995-97. Throughout his career he served on various insurance company councils. In 2005 he became the Regional Vice President of Banker's Insurance, Wytheville. He was a member of the Appalachian Officials Association from 2000 to 2007, a member of the Wytheville Golf Club where he chaired several committees and served on the Board of Directors. He was an avid golfer and a staunch fan of the North Carolina Tarheels, a member of the Wytheville Rotary Club and was a member of the West End United Methodist Church in Wytheville. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles E. Coe and a brother, Darren Coe, grandparents, Garlen and Thelma Callahan and Charles and Mildred Coe. He is survived by wife, Leigh Ann Coe; and two sons, William Parker Coe and Charles Peyton Coe; his mother, Ruth C. Coe; two Sisters, Janice Umberger and husband, H.B. and Faith Coe Umberger, all of Wytheville; five nephews, Kirk Umberger and wife, Kelly, of Richmond, Landon Umberger, of Lexington, and Jared Umberger and wife, Nicole, of Wytheville, Jonathan Lutfey, Joseph Lutfey, nephew and godchild, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; two nieces, Stacie Umberger, of Baltimore, Ohio and Cara Umberger of Radford; his mother-in-law, Doris Justice Gwinn, of Pinehurst, N.C.; and a sister-in-law, Andrea Lutfey and husband, David, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; two great-nieces and a great-nephew. Funeral service will be Wednesday, 2 p.m. in the West End United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Janet Richardson and the Rev. Ann Blair, with the interment to follow in the Rosewood Memorial Gardens, Rural Retreat. The family will receive friends at a "Celebration of Perry's Life" at the Wytheville Golf Club at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Perry Coe Trust Fund, P.O. Box 1557, Wytheville, Va. for his two sons, Parker and Peyton. Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.