Harold Ray Coots, 82, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:00 am, Friday, December 25, 2020 at his son’s home in Wabash. He was born on Saturday, December 3, 1938 in Eolia, Kentucky, to Riley and Maude (Boggs) Coots.
Harold was a 1958 graduate of Whitesburg High School, in Whitesburg, Kentucky. He married Beulah Sturgill in Whitesburg, on August 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 of Lansing, Michigan, and Blake (Katie) Coots of Indianapolis, Indiana, two great-grandchildren, Isaiah and Leylanni; brother, Jack (Lovetta) Coots of Indianapolis, Indiana, and his sister, Grace Short of Mayking, Kentucky. 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 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 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 pm Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Epilepsy Foundation.
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