In Memoriam : Lois Coggins
Lois Carroll Coggins - age: 100
(March 19, 1911 to November 24, 2011 ) Resident of Ft. Worth, Texas Visitation Information: Visitation will be held from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Bates Family Funeral Home. Obituary: Lois Carroll Coggins, born March 19, 1911 in Red River near the Albion community, died November 24, 2011 in Ft Worth, Tx. She was an educator in Red River and Bowie Counties for 41 years and a lifelong Methodist and member of FUMC DeKalb, Tx for 60 years. Lois had a love for children and young people demonstrated in her 41 years of teaching in public schools and working in Sunday School. She was committed to working for good through DeKalb First United Methodist Church and public education. Lois will be lovingly missed and long remembered. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Jasper "Jap" Carroll and Ida Hemingway Carroll of Red River County; her husband of 59 years, J. C. Coggins; and a sister, Vera Carroll Sheppard. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Jeannie Coggins of Ft Worth, Tx; a granddaughter and her husband, Jennifer and Rev. Bryan Bellamy of Ft Worth, Tx; a great-granddaughter, Madelyn Bellamy; two nieces and their husbands, Glenda and Dr. Robert Marcom of San Antonio, Tx. and Ann and Randy Stalnaker of Austin, Tx; numerous friends in Northeast Texas and Ft Worth, Tx. and hundreds of former students spread across time and miles. Services will be 2:30 P.M. Monday, November 28, 2011, at the First United Methodist Church, DeKalb, with Revs. Doug Wintermute and Bryan Bellamy officiating. Private burial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday in Fairview Cemetery, Clarksville, Texas, under the direction of Bates Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Sunday, November 27, 2011 at Bates Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, PO Box 396, DeKalb, Tx 75559; or the Methodist Children’s Home, 1111 Herring Ave.,Waco, Texas 76708. 
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Peggy Bowdoin - November 25, 2011  Contact this person
Larry and Family, I am so sorry to read about the homegoing of your mother and grandmother. Your family will be in my prayers during this difficult time! Peggy Hodgson Bowdon
Charles Wendell Durham - November 26, 2011 Contact this person
This wonderful lady was my first grade teacher at springhill school about 60 years ago....May god bless her and the family at this time of grief...:( Wendell Durham )
Ashley Waldrup - November 26, 2011 Contact this person
Another angel has been called home. I know she will be thought of everyday. Love you, Nora & Diann
Sue Ginn - November 26, 2011 Contact this person
What a lady! What a teacher! She taught both my sister and I in first grade as she did so many others. I will never forget some of the things she taught us not only reading, writing, and arithmetic, but about life and getting along with others. She definitely made an impact on my life and my education. I don't think she ever forget the name of a student she taught, even years later. Every time I saw her she asked about my sister, Ann, and my parents, Butch and Ola Lee Steuart. She always wanted to know if mother was still making peanut brittle. She will be missed.
Margaret Hodgson - November 26, 2011 Contact this person
To you Ms. Lois I will always remember you being my teacher. When my daughter ask me today if I knew Ms. Coggins I said certainly she taught me well my first year in school. May God Bless your family as he is blessing you now at his table.
Walter and Martha Johnson - November 28, 2011 Contact this person
Lois and J. C. Coggins were role models for Martha and me from the very first minute we met them. They seemed to be ordinary people with extraordinary outlooks on people and events. They contributed much to my personal and religious life. Lois, say hello to my lifemate, Martha, as you greet friends from this life who have gone to a better place with you.
Ann Hinton - November 28, 2011 Contact this person
I have many fond memories of Mrs. Coggins. I still remember my first day of school and how scared I was. She was wonderful with helping me overcome that fear. I still enjoy learning and I'm sure it's partly because of her. Thank you, Mrs. Coggins. Ann (Steuart) Hinton
Louise Hannon - November 30, 2011 Contact this person
Larry, So sorry to learn about your mother. She was a special person in my life being my first grade teacher. I still have many fond memories of that year. I will be thinking about you.
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