Tenth Generation

20239. Edgar Oran Coble was born on 7 August 1917 in Miami, Roberts Co., TX.⁴⁷¹⁶⁰ Edgar died in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX on 9 July 1990 and was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX on 11 July 1990 .^47161,47162

Obituary, The Texarkana (Texas) Gazette, Jul. 11, 1990

The Rev. E. Oran Coble, 72, of Texarkana, Texas, died Monday, July 9, 1990, in a local hospital.

Mr. Coble was born Aug. 7, 1917, at Miami, Texas. He was retired pastor of Central Christian Church, Texarkana, served churches in Elk City, Okla. and Memphis, Tenn, served as president of the Texarkana Ministerial Alliance, was a charter member of Religious Emphasis Committee, where he served as chairman for two terms, served on the Board of the American Red Cross, was a member of Kiwanis Club of Texarkana, serving as president in 1973-74, served as president of Northeast Area of the the Christian Church, and was on the board of the Juliette Fowler Homes and Longview Christian Retirement Center.

Survivors include his wife, Allison Coble of Texarkana; one daughter, Sara R. Smith of Fort Worth, Texas; one son, Edgar Oran Coble Jr. of Fort Worth; three sisters, Mary Oliver Darnell of Tulia, Texas, and Eileen Glasscock and Merle Morris, both of Amarillo, Texas; and one grandchild.

Services will be 2 p.m. today at Central Christian Church with Dr. Leslie Green and the Revs. A. Oden Latham and Walter Allen officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park under direction of Texarkana Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Memorial Fund of Central Christian Church, 903 Walnut St., Texarkana, Texas 75501.

Edgar and Ruth Coble

Submitted to Amarillo Library by Eileen C. Glasscock
Before 1987

Edgar Coble, youngest son of Cornelius Pacely Coble and Mary G. Bullard, was born in Wichita County, Texas, August 10, 1886.

He and his parents moved to Amarillo in 1901. C. P. and Edgar planted many of the cottonwood trees that grow on Amarillo Creek northwest of Amarillo. Edgar attended school at Phillips Academy which stood on a hill north of town.

Edgar worked in the cattle business in his early years in Amarillo, though he still had interests in Wichita County. On one trip to that county, he managed to get into the famous Wolf Hunt staged for President Theodore Roosevelt. Quanah Parker and Lee Bivins also were in attendance.

He continued in cattle business on the Wright ranch in Roberts County. In Miami, he met Ruth Coffee, daughter of Woods and Ollie Pickens Stribling Coffee. She was born November 17, 1891, Tecumseh Creek, Throckmorton County, Texas. Ruth was an accomplished pianist and teacher. The couple was married April 7, 1915. The wedding was scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning. Edgar had been very active in the practice of throwing grooms into the horsetank at the town square. For this reason, he talked Ruth into a 4:00 o'clock wedding. After the early hour ceremony, the couple made a getaway and spend their honeymoon in Mineral Wells and in Throckmorton.

Mary Oliver was born to them January 18, 1916. Edgar Oran was born August 7, 1917. Soon after, they moved to Wichita Falls where Ruth Eileen was born April 11, 1919.

Moving to Amarillo in 1920, they bought property and built a home on Tennessee Street in San Jacinto. At that time, there were no houses between Tennessee and Belleview Street where Edgar's sister, Mrs. J. R. Roberts and her husband lived with the parents, C. P. and Mary B. Coble.

Edgar took up the carpenter trade and was foreman for Albert Randall Construction Company. He built many fine homes in Amarillo.

Fine finished cabinet appointments in the Masonic Temple on Fifth and Fillmore were built by Edgar. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, life member of Palo Duro Lodge and Amarillo Lodge, a Shriner and Knights Templar.

Ruth was a busy mother, sewing for her family, cooking and canning from Edgar's garden. She cared for the family through whooping cough, measles, chicken pox, scarlet fever and even pink eye! She is a charter member of Llano Estacado Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of Bonita Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, and of First Christian Church.

The Cobles invested in farm land in Moore County in 1926. The family continues to oversee the land accumulated.

Merle Jo was born October 1, 1922, the year San Jacinto School was built. Oran and Eileen joined her there. All four children attended San Jacinto Grade, Sam Houston Junior High and graduated Amarillo High School.

The home on Tennessee Street was a gathering place for relatives and friends. Ruth's brothers and sister came with their families. The cousins had great fun playing together.

Edgar's nieces and their children came during the summers.

Neighborhood children played baseball and tennis on vacant lots on either side of the house.

Doors were open except for hooks on the screens to keep them from banging in the wind.

Sunday nights after Church, young people gathered to play pink pon or other games.

Mary Oliver married Donely Gray Darnell, a rancher and farmer of Vigo Park, Texas. They continue to live there.

Edgar Oran, A Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, marred Allison McKinless of Duncan, Oklahoma. They live in Texarkana, Texas, where Oran served Central Christian Church twenty-eight years.

Ruth Eileen married Rodney Derrill Glasscock, minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They make their home in Amarillo.

Merle Jo married William Roy Moris of Ames, Oklahoma. She is employed at Mason and Hangar Contractors with the Department of Energy. Roy is with United States Postal Service.

Edgar died August 21, 1954, and is buried in Llano Cemetery. Ruth lives in Amarillo and is involved in activities of her children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren

Edgar Oran Coble and Sara Allison McKinless were married on 1 June 1945 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK. Sara Allison McKinless was born on 9 November 1922 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK. Sara died in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX on 7 May 2015 and was buried dat Hillcrest Memorial Park in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX in May 2015 .^47163,47164

Obituary, The Texarkana Gazette, Texarkana, TX, Fri., May 22, 2015

Texarkana Gazette (TX) - Friday, May 22, 2015

Sara Allison McKinless Coble was born November 9, 1922 in Duncan OK, and died May 7, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Before her move to Fort Worth, she lived in Texarkana for 60 years. Allison graduated from Phillips University, Enid, OK in 1945 and married Rev. E. Oran Coble. They served churches in Elk City, OK and Memphis, TN before moving to Central Christian Church in Texarkana in 1954. Allison delighted in being a preacher's wife. She also taught at Arkansas High School for over 20 years where she chaired the business department. After her husband's death she became an active resident of the Cornerstone Retirement Community. She loved being involved at Cornerstone, church, PEO, and the Salvation Army Auxiliary.

She is survived by son, Edgar Oran Coble, Jr; daughter, Sara Coble Smith and husband, Paul; grandchildren, Allison Smith, Hannah Coble, Stephen, Daniel and Morgan Totten all of Fort Worth, one great-grandchild, Birch Justus-Smith, sister-in-law, Merle Morris of Amarillo, nieces, nephews and cousins as well as extended family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts to Central Christian Church, Texarkana, The E. Oran and Allison Coble Scholarship Fund at Phillips Theological Seminary (https://ptstulsa.edu/GiveOnLine), and/or the Salvation Army of Texarkana. Burial was held at Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at Cornerstone Retirement Center on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 2 PM and Central Christian Church on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 1:30 PM. There will be an opportunity to greet the family after either service.

A Memorial Service was held on 28 May 2015 at Cornerstone Retirement Community in Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX.

Edgar Oran Coble and Sara Allison McKinless had the following children: