OK...these are some of the funeral home records I got and found it interesting that some of these records include kids in TX... This record includes his name: John William Coats Death Date: March 20, 1952 Place of Death: Vinita OK Birth place: Craig County, OK Date of birth: October 7, 1877 Age 74 years, 4 months and 13 days Retired farmer - owned farm Wife's maiden name: Eva Coats (char's note: I noticed most of these just have the wife's married name) Father's name: Huff D. Coats No place of birth given Mother's Maiden Name: Louisa Jane Coats No place of birth given Interment: March 22, 1952 Cemetery: Fairview Location: Vinita, OK Now as you recall today, funeral homes arrange the newspaper obituary and included taped to this page is the newspaper article on his obituary - (photo copies) as follows: John W. Coats - Dies Early Today John William Coats, 74, died in a local hospital at 5:10 a.m. today following an illness of two months. A retired farmer, Coats formerly lived in the Prairie View community southwest of Welch. He had resided in Vinita several years. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Eva Coats (Char's note: I believe her maiden name was Pritchard)of the home, 418 W. Tahlequah ave.; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Collins, Welch; and Mrs. Erma Jean Tulk, Dallas Tex; two sons, Floyd Coats near Welch; and Roy Coats, Vinita; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Survivors also included a sister, Mrs. Anna Taylor, Bluejacket; and a brother Jim Coats, Centralia. (Char's note: this is James E. Coats, my great grandfather and Aunt Annie Taylor, both children of Huff D. Coats) Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Luginbuel Brothers Funeral home chapel. Dr. J. Harvey Scott, First Baptist Church pastor, will officate. Rev. Frank Sanders, Trinity Baptist church pastor, will assist. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. ________________________ Nice bit of info here....so don't over look these records...Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com