SUMTER – Margaret E. "Pete" Gainey Coker, 83, widow of Dewey Burdell Coker, passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2010, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter.
Born October 20, 1926, in Dillon, she was the daughter of the late Kammie George and Elizabeth Hayes Gainey. She was a retired seamstress, and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith.
Surviving are four daughters, Sandra Elizabeth Rogers, Patricia Coker Hudson Rodgers and her husband Ray, and Brenda Ellen Coker of Sumter, Karen Cecil Snider and her husband Scott of Byron, GA; three sons, Dewey Burdell Coker Jr. of Sumter, Michael Coker and his wife Sheryl of Summerton, and Sheldon Gainey “Don” Coker and his wife Annie of Sumter; twenty-eight grandchildren; thirty-six great grandchildren and nine great, great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, James Gresham Coker; and a daughter, Camela Darlene Coker.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 7, 2010, in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home in Manning. Burial was in Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery in Alcolu. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, SC Office, 520 Gervais Street, Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201. To view a video tribute:Click Here
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We are so sorry for your loss. I will keep you all in my prayers. She may be gone, but she will never be forgotten.
From: Tabatha Moore
Don, Sandra and family,
Sorry to hear of your loss. Ms Coker was a wonderful lady and will be missed dearly. Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers.
