William Meeks Coker ^78,130,185

   Another name for William was Will.

  General Notes:

Elizabeth Ann McCarty Cobb knew this family when she was a child. Her parents used to visit them at their home in Merit, Texas. She also remembers the Gulf station in Merit, across the railroad tracks on the road from Farmersville, where Will M. Coker used to work. They had a daughter, Bula Mae that lived with them and taught piano lessons for spending money. They also had as married son who lived across the street (perhaps Turman). Turman was the family of LuElla Mosley's first husband, Marion Edgar Turman, and their son, Marion Edgar Turman, Jr. Jr. was raised by Chester Allen McCarty who was LuElla Mosley's second husband. Their first son was Murrel Douglas McCarty. Thus Will M. Coker's sons were both named after Chester Allen's sons.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Gulf Service station.

2. Residence: Merit, Texas.

William married Geneva Ann Gresham, daughter of Thomas Wesley Gresham and Margaret Susan Wylie, on 22 Feb 1903 in Hunt County, Texas. (Geneva Ann Gresham was born on 2 May 1885 in Erath County, Texas, died on 16 Feb 1971 and was buried in Merit Cemertery, Merit, Hunt County, Texas.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Children: 4.