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Ruth Gennet Coggins

Female 1934 - 2001  (67 years)


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  • Name Ruth Gennet Coggins  [1
    Birth 18 Apr 1934  Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Residence Sep 2001  Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 1 Oct 2001  Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Ruth Wilson: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

      Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The (NC) - Thursday, October 4, 2001
      Deceased Name: Ruth Wilson

      Ruth Coggins Wilson, 67, of Cullowhee Mountain Road, Cullowhee, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, in Mountain Trace Nursing Center after an extended illness.

      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at Melton-Riddle Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Johnny Norris and Jim Ed Powell will officiate. Burial will be in Wilson Cemetery.

      A native and lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Harley and Nell Wilkes Coggins.

      She was preceded in death by two brothers, Monroe and Harry Lee Coggins.

      Surviving are her husband of 31 years, R.O. Wilson; one daughter, Sandra Jacobs of Asheville; three sisters, Stella Parker of Tuckasegee, Katherine Potts of Marysville, Wash., and twin sister, Ruby Coggins of Cullowhee; and two grandsons.

      The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the funeral home.

      Copyright 2001, The Sylva Herald, All Rights Reserved.
    Vital 25 Oct 2001  [2
    Name Ruth Gennet Wilson  [2
    Person ID I23369  tng Genealogy

    Father Harley Thomas Coggins,   b. 28 Mar 1910, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1999, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nellie Velma Wilkes,   b. 5 Jan 1911, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1966, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F7808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Family ID F9297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Apr 1934 - Jackson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sep 2001 - Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Oct 2001 - Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S342] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
      Roll Number: B_C055_66001; Volume: 21; Page: 402
      [ View birth certificate]

    2. [S343] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online. Source Vendor: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics; Certificate: .
      Record for Ruth Gennet Wilson