Mrs. Coward was born June 12, 1933 in Blue Springs, Mississippi to James and Effie Mae Greer.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Danny Eugene Childers. Survivors include four daughters, Charlotte Webb and husband James, Beverly Doggett and husband David, Karon Reese and husband Bobby, and Sharon Walzel and husband Jack, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
