Sherman Democrat
February 24, 1977
Page 23

Denison - Services for Lemley A. Coffin, 70, retired Denison cotton mill superintendent and machinist who died Tuesday at his home, were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Eugene Hoover of Calvary Baptist Church.  Pallbearers were Richard Gregg, Milton Taul, Ray Bellows, Lucious Hord, Cleo Beckham and Richard Nesbitt.  Burial was at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman.
A West native, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George A. Coffin, and married Addie Bates on August 15, 1970, in Denison. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the Elks Lodge.
Surviving are his wife; sons, J.D. Coffin of Denton and Wilburn Coffin of Denison; daughter, Mrs. Doyle B. Seale of Pasadena; brothers, Henry Coffin of Denison, Calvin Coffin of Hurst, Allen Coffin of Ft Worth and Harvey Lee Coffin of Tyler; sisters, Mrs. Jim Holt and Mrs. Nellie DeJaun, both of Whitewater, California, Mrs. Arthur Jackson of Westminster, California, and Mrs. Mirtie Robertson of Denison; seven grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.