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"Rev. H. J. Coker Dead - a dispatch from Emporia sent out last evening says, Dr. Henry J. Coker, aged 63, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. M. Potts and Doctor Potts. Doctor Coker came to Emporia about seven weeks ago from Denver following the disappearance of Doctor Potts, who was absent six weeks from his home during a mental lapse. During the time Doctor Coker preached in the First Methodist Church of which his son-in-law was pastor and helped in the search for the missing man. The funeral will probably be held Thursday afternoon. Doctor Coker was born in England. He came to America in 1880. Last Sunday was the thirty-seventh anniversary of his connection with the Kansas Methodist Episcopal conference. Doctor Coker leaves his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Charles Finley of Pittsburg and Mrs. L. M. Potts of Emporia." Contributed by Juanita Alloway |
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