Kelly Coats

Kelly Dale Coatsrn08-05-1969/09-15-2008rnrnKelly Dale Coats, age 39, died on Monday, September 15, 2008, in Bethany, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma. Rev. Mitch Williams and Rev. Bruce Christian will officiate. Pallbearers are Frankie Hudson, Junior Hudson, D.L. Foran, D.L. Foran, Jr., Gary Boyd Chapman, and Bobby Hudson. Honorary pallbearers are Allen Harris and Christopher Foran.rnrnKelly was born on August 5, 1969, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Glenn Dale Coats, deceased, and Sue (Hudson) Ray. He was a true sportsman of hunting and fishing. Kelly was full of life and had a big heart, and he always loved to laugh. He was a truck driver and a member of the Nazarene church.rnrnHe is survived by his mother, Sue Ray of Newcastle, OK.; one son, Michael Dale Coats of Bethany, OK.; three brothers, Phillip Ray Hudson of Newcastle, OK., Chris Coats and Donald Coats of Joplin, MO.; two sisters, Tamaria Horton of Newcastle, OK., and Carey Walsh of Konawa, OK.; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of other friends and relatives.rnrnHe was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Dale Coats in 1980; his step-father, Richard Hays in 1990; grandparents Alfred and Audrey Hudson; grandmother Maurine Soder; and grandparents, Denver Lee, Sr., and Grace Foran. Funeral Information: September 17, 2008, 2:00 AM