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Rebecca Jane Smith Coker

9 Oct 1845 – 26 Oct 1927

Birth	9 Oct 1845
Death	26 Oct 1927
Cemetery	Emblem Cemetery Emblem , Hopkins County , Texas , USA
Added by	Daniel Bode on 18 Sep 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57971031

Gravesite details

Aunt Jane's tombstone states she was born in 1843, but the actual year is 1845 as her birthdate is recorded in her parents' Bible.

Bio

Rebecca Jane Smith married Lenard Ferguson Coker on Dec. 5, 1866, in Polk County, Texas. Mrs. Jane Coker, one of the oldest and best known women of Hopkins county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Patterson, near Cumby, after a short illness. She is the mother of eight children, seven living and one dead. Her seven children and two of her sisters were at her bedside at time of death. She has four sisters, forty-four grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren. Her sisters are as follows: Mrs. Dolly Ditmore, Bettie Canon, Pinkie Barnett, Missie Griffin. Her children are: Mrs. Linnie Parker, Mrs. Mollie Bunch, Bud Coker, Mrs. J. W. Patterson, Henry Coker, Jimmie Coker, Mrs. Burse Carroll. She was laid to rest in the Emblem cemetery, Thursday, Oct. 27. Funeral services were conducted by Bro. Young of Campbell.

Inscription

A Loving Mother, A Mother Dear A Faithful Friend Lies Buried Here

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Family

Parents

• Seaborn Smith 1810–1896
• Elizabeth S. Goodwin Smith 1819–1873

Spouse

• Lenard Ferguson Coker 1820–1894

Siblings

• Sarah Ellen "Sis" Smith Nicholas 1842–1926
• John Porter Smith 1843–1919
• William Harrison "Bill" Smith 1847–1925
• Seaborn Thadeas "Toby" Smith 1848–1913
• James Monroe Smith 1851–1915
• Dollie Smith Ditmore 1853–1950
• Francis Missouri "Pinkie" Smith Barnett 1855–1934
• Nancy Elizabeth "Bettie" Smith Canon 1857–1942
• Dorcas Elvira "Missie" Smith Griffin 1861–1933

Children

• Lenard Elizabeth "Lennie" Coker Parker 1869–1951
• Mary Jane "Mollie" Coker Bunch 1871–1941
• William Denton "Bud" Coker 1873–1967
• Cornelia Frances Coker Patterson 1875–1956
• James C Coker 1877–1963
• Burse Eliza Coker Patterson 1878–1943
• Henry Haskell Coker 1882–1965
• J. E. "Duff" Coker 1884–1924

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