Gypsy Lavonne Zimmerman Coker

BORN NOVEMBER 10TH, 1933 TO JOSEPH STERLING ZIMMERMAN AND FLORENCE LOWMAN ZIMMERMAN, IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

SHE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 27TH, 2021, IN MARSHALL, TO BE WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. SHE WAS MARRIED TO MERLE COKER AND THE MOTHER OF 10 CHILDREN.

SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 25 YEARS, MERLE COKER OF SEAGOVILLE, ONE SON, STAN COKER OF MESQUITE, HER GRANDDAUGHTER SHELLY LAVON BLACKMAN OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, HER SISTER, BETTY RAY AND HER BROTHER, CLYDE CREIGHTON BOTH OF DALLAS.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER YOUNGEST SISTER, MELODY ROGERS AND HER HUSBAND HANK OF ATHENS & THEIR FAMILY, SON RONALD COKER & WIFE LINDA OF FORNEY, DAUGHTER CAROLYN CARDER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF BUFFALO, WY, CARMEN COKER-LESTER AND HUSBAND JASON OF DESOTO, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW VALARIE COKER OF MESQUITE, SON LARRY COKER AND WIFE VICKI OF ROYSE CITY, DAUGHTER RHONDA WELLS OF WASKOM, DAUGHTER SANDY SKIRVIN OF WARSAW, KY, DAUGHTER DEBORAH PARKIN AND HUSBAND DAVID OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, CINDY BAKER AND HUSBAND MATT OF WILLS POINT, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW GAIL COKER OF COMBINE, AND YOUNGEST SON WILLIAM (WILLIE) COKER OF ARCADIA, LA.

THERE ARE SCORE OF GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THE ADULT CHILDREN CALLING HER GRANNY COKER. TOO MANY (OVER 100) TO LIST.

SHE WAS A MUCH LOVED, CREATIVE AND AMAZING MOTHER AND WILL BE MISSED BY HER EXTRA-LARGE FAMILY.

GRAVESIDE SERVICES 9:00 AM, THURSDAY AUGUST 12TH AT ROSELAWN CEMETERY IN THE ROSE SECTION, NEXT TO MERLE. CELEBRATION OF LIFE TO FOLLOW AT THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF SEAGOVILLE, ON STARK RD.