--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0138 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's Name James Robert Coker Born: 06 Nov 1869 Place: Mount Olive, Alabama Died: Place: Married: 06 Nov 1890 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas Father: Spencer Monroe Coker Mother: Rhoda Ann Mitchell --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's Name Ida Lee Echols Born: 29 Jun 1875 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: Place: Colorado City, Texas Father: Joseph Bryan Echols Mother: Martha Ella Wilson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex Name M Robert Lee Coker Born: 08 Aug 1891 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: Place: Married: 24 Dec 1911 Place: Winters, Texas Spouse: Emma Yates --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sex Name F Minnie Era Coker Born: 11 Dec 1893 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: 18 Jul 1962 Place: Married: 20 Sep 1914 Place: Spouse: Jesse Louder --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name M Tom Bryan Coker Born: 20 Jul 1896 Place: Rock Creek, Pike, Arkansas Died: Place: Married: 19 Jul 1917 Place: Spouse: Essie Tune --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Sex Name F Flora Coker Born: 03 Apr 1900 Place: Mt. Calm, Texas Died: Place: Married: Jun 1917 Place: Spouse: Dee Hull --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Sex Name F Lelia Thelma Coker Born: 08 Aug 1907 Place: Hermleigh, Scurry, Texas Died: Place: Married: 28 Dec 1924 Place: Spouse: Burney Mac Hamil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources of Information: Janice Echols Gorman, Bayonne, New Jersey. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Nelda Wilson of Nashville, Arkansas sent me your name and address saying you are ... seeking information on the Cokers of Pike County, Ark. According to my first cousin Grace Ward who married Pell Phillip Coker in 1918: S.M. Coker had nine sons and 1 daughter, Eulala who married a Taylor and had a daughter Coy who married a Burnett ... James Robert Coker, son of S.M. married my Aunt Ida Echols ... Pell Phillip Coker who m. Grace Ward was a grandson of S.M. Coker. I do not have the name of Pell's father nor do I have the names of the other (seven) sons. S.M. Coker married 2nd Lena Wilson Thrash (widow), daughter of A.F. Wilson and Mary F. Phillips. They were married in March 1900. He died 7 Feb 1907 according to the A.F. Wilson Bible ... Sincerely, Janice Echols Gorman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correspondence, Janice Echols Gorman, Bayonne, New Jersey to David Kelley, 10 Feb 1978. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 11.10.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0138.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------