VERA LOCKLAIR COKER

Vera Locklair Coker LAKE CITY - Mrs. Vera Locklair Coker, 81, wife of the late Wardell Coker, died Thursday, September 5, 2013, at her home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M., Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Carolina Funeral Home, Scranton, and other times at the home. Funeral services will be at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, September 8th, at Frierson's Free Will Baptist Church of the Pentecostal Faith with burial to follow at Barrineau Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. Mrs. Coker was born January 31, 1932, in Florence County, a daughter of the late Willie Locklair and Olivia Floyd Locklair. She was a member of Frierson's Free Will Baptist Church of the Pentecostal Faith and the Cleo McKenzie Ladies Auxiliary. She was the devoted wife of 56 years to the late Wardell Coker, a loving mother and grandmother who will be greatly missed. Surviving are three daughters, Wanda C. Loftus, Kathy (Jimmy) Coker and Sherry (Mel) Thompson, all of Olanta; one son, Reverend Timothy (Donna) Coker of Darlington; one brother, Johnny (Laura) Locklair; six sisters, Mary Jane Humphries, Myrtle Mckenzie, Opaline (Durant) Christmas, Ethel Lou Lee, Elizabeth Floyd and Dot Gaymon; nine grandchildren, Jennifer (Glenn) Hood, Shay Coker, Jessica (Will) Coker, Kacey (Kevin) Turner, Christopher Coker, Justin Kirby, Ashton Coker, Jake Thompson and Julia Thompson; and seven great-grandchildren, Austin, Noah, Hayden, Eden, Payton, Caleb and Avery. Mrs. Coker was preceded in death by a brother, Tillman Locklair, and two sisters, Vernice Harrell and Annie Laura Morris. Memorials may be made to Frierson's Free Will Baptist Church of the Pentecostal Faith Building Fund, c/o Betty Springs, 10540 Puddin Swamp Road, Turbeville, SC 29162. The family would especially like to express their thanks and appreciation to Agape Hospice for the care and concern given to Mrs. Coker and her family during this time. (Please sign our guestbook on line @ www.carolinafuneralhome.net).

This obituary was originally published in the Morning News (Florence, SC).