Harold Ray Coots
Harold Ray Coots, 82, of rural Wabash, died at 6 a.m., Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, at his son’s home in Wabash.
He was born on Dec. 3, 1938, in Eolia, Ky., to Riley and Maude (Boggs) Coots.
Harold was a 1958 graduate of Whitesburg High School, in Whitesburg, Ky. He married Beulah Sturgill in Whitesburg, on Aug. 16, 1958. He retired from Celotex in Lagro in 2000, after more than 40 years. Harold enjoyed going to casinos, traveling and vacationing on cruise ships.
He is survived by his wife, Beulah Coots and son, Eddy Coots, both of Wabash, two grandsons, Lance Allen (Cassandra) Coots, Lansing, Mich., and Blake (Katie) Coots, Indianapolis; two great-grandchildren, Isaiah and Leylanni; brother, Jack (Lovetta) Coots,Indianapolis;, and his sister, Grace Short, Mayking, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers, Dewey, Ralph, Elmo, Ronnie, Worley, and Alonzo Coots, and three sisters, Oma Holland, Mildred Mullins, and Jewell Coots.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Charles Osborne officiating. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum, at Memorial Lawns Cemetery in Wabash. Friends may call 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Epilepsy Foundation.