Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
11:39 am Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Faye Newell Coker

Faye Newell Coker, 80, passed away Dec. 22 at her home.

She was born Nov. 21, 1940, to the late Ruffin Newell and the late Offie Johnson Newell in Alabama. She was a member of Sandy Spring Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening, cooking, flowers and spending time with her family and friends.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 28 at Center Funeral Home. Burial will be in Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 28 at Senter Funeral Home.

Senter Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

She is survived by her two daughters, Patricia (Larry) Digby and Angie Johnson, both of Fulton, and one son, Kenny (Patricia) Coker of Fulton; grandchildren Audra (Garrett) Dendy of Fulton, Meredith (Caleb) Tucker of Tucson, Ariz., Alex (Haley) Coker of Johnson City, Tenn., Blake Coker of Fulton, Maddie Johnson of Fulton, Laura Leigh Johnson of Fulton and Eli Johnson of Fulton; and great-grandchildren Ella Dendy of Fulton, Avery Dendy of Fulton and Tucker Dendy of Fulton.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorothy Thomas and Catherine Moses, and a brother, Barney Newell.

Online condolences can be expressed at www.senterfuneraldirectors.com.

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