He was born the son of a tobacco farmer to Conrad C. Coghill, Sr. and his wife, Inez Powell Coghill on June 2, 1943 in Henderson, N.C. He attended high school at Vance County High School where he played basketball. After high school, CC attended East Carolina University where he met the love of his life, Shannon and their two best friends, Clarence (CH) and Joyce (Panama) Stewart. Both being only children, CH and Panama soon became the siblings neither ever had. CC and Shannon were married on November 29, 1965.
After college, CC started his long and successful banking career as an examiner working for the FDIC. CC and Shannon moved to Southwest Florida in 1968 where they raised their two daughters, Shelley and Tracy. CC continued in banking, working his way up the corporate ladder holding many different positions until he found his true talent as a Credit Officer. CC, which many believe stands for cash collateral, spent the last 31 plus years of his banking career with his brothers and colleagues, Gary Tice and Garrett Richter and the many other esteemed bankers that made up the “FNB” banking family. CC fully retired in 2019 as the Sr. Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of First Florida Integrity Bank.
CC was extremely passionate about golf and travel (as long as the travel was to play golf). He had the ability to describe every course he played, hole by hole, including his best and worst scores on each. CC and Shannon traveled around the world, planning each and every trip around the golf courses they would play. CC was a past president of the American Seniors Golf Association (“ASGA”), where he had the opportunity to travel, play some of the most exclusive golf courses in the world and meet some exceptional people. He passed his love of golf onto his sons-in-law, grandson and grandson in-law. He was an avid UNC Tar Heel fan when it came to basketball and a die-hard Florida State Seminoles football fan. As a season ticket holder for over 34 years CC attended many games in Tallahassee and attended most major bowl and national championship games.
After CC’s initial retirement from First National Bank of Florida in 2005, CC and Shannon moved to Palm Coast, Florida where they were members of the Hammock Dunes Club and spent summers in Champion Hills in Hendersonville, N.C.
CC was a devoted husband, father and grandfather who loved his family above all else. He is survived by his loving wife of almost 57 years, Shannon Alexander Coghill, his daughters Shelley Coghill Cain and Tracy Coghill-Cokenour, his sons-in-law, Joseph Ruffin Cain and Dennis Cokenour, his beautiful grandchildren, Chelsey Cain Parrish (Blake) and Craige Conrad Cain and his two cats, Chipper and Gracie.
CC loved to celebrate. He celebrated a good round of golf, a Florida State win, and his family and friends. CC celebrated and lived life to the fullest.
Friends and family are invited to celebrate CC’s amazing life on Thursday, May 26, 2022 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Hodges Funeral Home At Naples Memorial Gardens, 525 111th Ave N, Naples, Florida 34108, with a service at 7:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association to assist in finding a cure for the horrible disease that took CC way too soon.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hodgesfhatnaplesmg.com for the Coghill family.
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