COATES, Raycene

1917 - 2009  (91 years)

• Name	COATES, Raycene
  Birth	18 Aug 1917	Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States   [1]
  	On her birth certificate, her name is listed as Dulcinia Theresa Coates
  Gender	Female
  Residence	10 Apr 1930	Justice Precinct No. 1, Tarrant, Texas, United States   [2]
  	Attended School
  Death	28 Jun 2009	Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas   [3]
  	Memorial services for Raycene [Coates]Wyly, 91, of Tyler, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Pamela Leach officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home in Tyler. Mrs. Wyly died on June 28, 2009, in Kilgore. She was born on Aug. 18, 1917, in Kerens. She moved to Tyler after high school to attend Tyler Commercial College. She married her late husband, Graham Wyly, in 1938, and was married 61 years. Mr. and Mrs. Wyly ran The Booterie in downtown Tyler for 42 years, where Mrs. Wyly was also the store's bookkeeper and front counter clerk. They attended First Presbyterian Church since 1939, and were charter members of the adult Presbyweds Sunday school class. Mrs. Wyly taught the older ladies' Sunday school class, sang in the choir and was a member of Circle One of Presbyterian Women for many years. Mrs. Wyly was preceded in death by her husband, Graham Wyly; father, Ray Coates; mother, Dulcena McCluney; and brothers, Howard Coates and Donovan Coates. She is survived by daughter and son-law, Bettye Wyly Swanson and Tommy Swanson of Liberty City; son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Sylvia Wyly of Tyler; son, Jim Wyly of Austin; sister, Gypsy Belew of Agua Dulce, Calif.; sister-in-law, Joyce Hunt of Van Nuys, Calif.; grandchildren, Scott and Jody Lancaster, James and Paula Lancaster, Trista Wyly and Kevin Wyly; step-grandchildren, Sandra Swanson Dubois and Clarence Dubois, and Carla Swanson Riggs; nieces and nephews, Tandy Zorba, Ray Coates, Billy Joe Coates, Connie French, Sara Harris, Bill Wyly and Matthew Hunt; four great-grandchildren; six step- great- grandchildren; and four step- great- great- grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 230 Rusk St., Tyler, 75701; or LifeCare Hospice, 1809 Gilmer Road, Longview, 75604. Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 7/5/2009
  Person ID	I184	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	COATES, Ray Ingram,   b. 30 Sep 1893, Rural Shade, Navarro, Texas, United States d. 15 Sep 1927, Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 33 years)
  Mother	MCHENRY, Dulcena Matilda,   b. 26 Nov 1895, Grandin, Carter County, Missouri d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	25 Nov 1916	Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WYLY, James Graham,   b. 9 Dec 1910   d. 13 Jan 2000, Smith County, Texas, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1938	Texas   [4]
  Children	1. WYLY, Bettye Graham,   b. 15 Oct 1940, Smith County, Texas, United States d. 23 Jul 2011, Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States (Age 70 years)   2. WYLY, Dan Cleveland
  Family ID	F880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Photos		Raycene Coates Wyly (1917 - 2009)
  		Coates Family and Friends Gathering in 1936 Back l-r: Lena Deane Collins, Bruce Columbus Coates, Milvid Theressa Collins, Woodrow Royce Massey, Lavern Crawford Middle l-r: Howard Burton Coates, Billy Ruth Arnold, Theora Coates Baker, Unknown person Front l-r: Donovan Robert Coates, Raycene Coates, John Robert McSween (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Family Search (Church of Latter Day Saints), Certificate of Birth #36140. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Kerens, Navarro County, Texas ED 23 Page 8B Dwelling 219. [S396] Tyler Morning Telegraph, 7/5/2009. [S295] Justin Sanders, Mobile, Alabama - Ingram Descendent.