I was just seeing if everyone was awake. I saw a old western that had this Rip Coker in it. I almost could not believe what I was hearing. You are right this name is from Louis L'Amour books. Rip Coker is on a list of characters used in westerns & old west shooting matches. Dwight Stipes ----- Original Message ----- From: <IRSmelley2@aol.com> To: <COKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [Coker] Rip Coker > > > In a message dated 8/4/2005 9:01:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > dwightstipes@worldnet.att.net writes: > > Who is Rip Coker? ca 1880 Wanted for Questioning by Texas Rangers. > > > > > The only reference that I find is a character in a Louis L'Amour book > titled > "A Job For A Ranger" on sale at simonsays.com > <http://www.simonsays.com/content/content.cfm?sid=358&pid=508440&agid=2 > > > Sincerely, > Renee Pierce Smelley > Longview, Texas > > Renee's Family Genealogy > _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) > John Swanson Yarbrough Archives > _http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ > (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) > Co K 2nd Texas Cavalry / Texas Mounted Volunteers CSA > _http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough_ > (http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~yarbrough) > McMullen County TXGenWeb Project > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcmull/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcmull/) > Uvalde County TXGenWeb Project > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~txuvalde_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txuvalde) > > > ==== COKER Mailing List ==== > Coker Querie Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.coker > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >