This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Coakley, Perkins, Gorin, Moss, Parish, Dearen Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17544/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This county and adjoining communities were grieved and shocked to learn last Monday of the death of J.W. Coakley; he died while in Deaconess hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Coakley was on of the most prominent and outstanding citizens of this county, having made success in his farming and business activities. He was one of the largest land owners of the county and set a good example in this relationships with his tenants; he and they were more like partners and in fact that is what they were in the true sense, and some of them had been in business with him for many years. He was affiliated with the Greensburg Baptist Church at the time of his death and for several years prior thereto. In the church the same characteristics were manifest, that of factivity and advancement. The surest most accurate measure of the greatness of character of J.W. Coakley was the indelible influence reflected in the family has many years of married life happily spent with Mallie Perkins, the s! weetheart of his boyhood and manhood the mother of his 4 fine children: Mrs. Harold Gorin, Mrs. Henry Moss, Mrs Henry Parish and J.W. Coakley, Jr. All of whom command the love and respect of everyone and all of whom are active in civic and religious affairs. As the giant oak in the forest falls, so has a great man fallen; a very great loss indeed to home, community and church. He was a friend to many and had many friends. In the hearts of loved ones and friends he will live on and on. Sincerely, A Friend Vernon Shuffett Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 9, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 43 Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953; Ancestry.com Name: Mr James Wm Coakley Death Date: 7 Jun 1948 Death Location: Jefferson Residence Location: Jefferson Age: 64 Gender: Male Ethnicity: White Birth Date: 1 Aug 1883 Birth Location: Green Spouse's Name: Mallie Perkins Coakley Spouse's Age: 64 Father's Name: James Herbert Coakley Father's Birth Location: Green Mother's Name: Nancy Dearing Coakley Mother's Birth Location: Green Greensburg Cem.; Transcribed by Bill Clark Coakley, Jim Will Aug 1, 1883 - Jun 7, 1949 Coakley, Mallie Perkins Jul 27, 1881 - Apr 10, 1970 (son of William F. & Eliza Jane Smith Perkins) 1910 Ky. Miracode census index, ancestry.com James W Coakley; Enumeration District: 0042; Color: W; Age: 26; Birth Place: Kentucky; Visit: 0133; County: Green Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Wallie 26, Kentucky; Daughter Ermine M 03, Kentucky; Daughter Willia 02, Kentucky; Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb COAKLEY JAMES W; age 64; death place JEFFERSON; residence GREEN; death date 7 Jun 1948 WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATIONS GREEN CO., KY ; From LDS Film #1653360, Item #3 and 1653474 Abstracted & Indexed by Patricia Merrill Hollingsworth; Three Trails West Chapter D.A.R. 2000 Jim Will Coakley, age 35, b. Aug. 1, 1883; self-employed farmer; nearest relative -Mallie Coakley, Gabe, KY. Tall, stout build, blue eyes, brown hair. Home address Gabe, KY. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.