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Coleman Laviga Starkey

7 Nov 1887 – 3 Mar 1967

Birth	7 Nov 1887
Death	3 Mar 1967
Cemetery	West Mountain Cemetery West Mountain , Upshur County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jane Stacy Eubanks on 09 Sep 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7201869

Gravesite details

Double flat stone with Ela Nora

Bio

C. L. Starkey Of West Mt., Dies at 79 Coleman L. Starkey, 79, well-known resident of West Mountain Community, died Friday at a Gilmer convalescent home after several weeks' illness. Mr. Starkey, a lifetime resident of Upshur County, was a retired sawmill operator. He was active in the establishment of the Etex Telephone Co-operative, which brought telephone service to rural Upshur County. He was the first president of the board of directors of the co-op and had served on the board continuously since the telephone co-op was founded in 1952. At his death he held the office of vice-president of the co-op board. Mr. Starkey was born Nov. 7, 1887. He married the former Nora White at Bettie in 1909, and she preceded him in death in 1957. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Owen, Gilmer; Mrs. Myrtle May McNutt, Pittsburg; Miss Doris Starkey, Gilmer and Miss Jo Ann Starkey, Dallas; two brothers, Bill Starkey, Houston, and A. B. Starkey, Sulphur, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Eron Roach, Hooks; Mrs. Icey Moody, Gladewater, and Mrs. Agnes Bates, McKinney, 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Croley Chapel. J. R. Newman and Harvey Arnold officiated. Burial was in West Mountain Cemetery. Pallbearers were Max Moore, Ed Willeford, Welby Carlock, H. A. Fennell, M. E. Knox and Elbert Williamson. The Gilmer Mirror , Gilmer, Texas, 9 Mar 1967, Thu · Page 1

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Family

Parents

• James Madison "Jim" Starkey 1864–1949

Spouse

• Nora Ella White Starkey 1892–1957

Siblings

• Ira Carl Starkey 1890–1964
• Bertie Starkey Merrell 1892–1936
• William A Starkey 1895–1968
• Icie May Starkey 1897–1972
• Arnold Benjamin Starkey 1899–1977
• Eron Eva Esther Starkey Roach 1901–1972
• Agnes Navada "Hazel" Starkey Bates 1911–1999

Children

• Ruby Lynn Starkey Owen 1913–1982
• Myrtle Mae Starkey McNutt 1916–2010
• Glynn Starkey 1918–1934
• Vera Doris Starkey 1924–1924
• Thurman Ray Starkey 1926–1959
• Joan Marie Starkey Chevalier 1929–2014

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