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COKER, William Silas
(1857-1928)
ALEXANDER, Jane
(1866-1957)
SUTTON, Henry Smith
(1869-1933)
THOMAS, Nevada
(1878-1920)
COKER, Clyde Lester
(1891-1980)
SUTTON, Mabel Inis
(1897-1984)

COKER, Orval Marvin
(1930-1995)

 

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COKER, Orval Marvin 1 2 3

  • Born: 1 Mar 1930, Broadwater, Morrill, Nebraska, USA 1 4 5
  • Baptized: 23 Jan 1966, Calvary Lutheran Church, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA 6
  • Died: 11 Sep 1995, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA at age 65 3
  • Crem.: 14 Sep 1995, South Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military enlisting in the U.S. Navy on 26 Jan 1948 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 7

• He was discharged from the military on 10 Aug 1967 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA. 8

• He received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. 9

• He received the United Nations Service Medal. 8

• He received the Korean Service Medal. 8

• He received the National Defense Service Medal. 8

• He received the Good Conduct Medal. 8

• He received the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Badge. 8

• He received the Navy Occupational Service Medal. 8

• He received the China Service Medal. 8

• He worked as a farm hand for Jullius Barthel from 1944 to 1946 in Torrington, Goshen, Wyoming, USA. 10 Mr Barthel owned a 160 acre farm. Some of Orval's duties included milking 21 head of cattle twice daily, cleaning out the barn every morning, irrigating crops, and hauling crops to the grain elevators.

• He worked as a mechanic's helper in 1947. 10 Orval helped overhaul truck engines. For this he was recommended to strike for engineering rates upon entry into the U.S. Navy.


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Orval married Living

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1 Kathy (Coker) Giba (This information was compiled from my personal knowledge of the people, places, and events or supplied by other family members still living. For specific source information, if not stated, please email your request to me at ratsdragon@comcast.net.)

2 1930 US Federal Census (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.), Census Place: Broadwater, Morrill, Nebraska; Roll: 1287; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 1017.0. This census records several family members including a younger sister of Mabel Inis (Sutton) Coker, Edna M Sutton, who was apparently being cared for by the family following the death of therir mother, Nevada (Thomas) Sutton.

3 Obituary, Arizona Daily Star, The (Tucson, AZ), Date: September 19, 1995, Page: 6A, Record Number: arch_5620 arch_5620, Copyright (c) 1995 The Arizona Daily Star.

4 1930 US Federal Census (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.), Census Place: Broadwater, Morrill, Nebraska; Roll: 1287; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 1017.0.

5 Birth Certificate or Record.

6 Ibid, Baptism Certificate.

7 Military Personnel Records, National Personnel Records Center (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html), Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States.

8 Ibid, Report of transfer or discharge.

9 Ibid, Report of tranfer or discharge.

10 Ibid, Report of civil experience.

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