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Kenneth Michael Coatney, age 69, of Natural Dam, Arkansas passed away Saturday March 12, 2016 in Fayetteville.
He was born June 17, 1946 in Fayetteville to Iran (Kenneth!) and Kathryn Carney Coatney.
He was a graduate of Fayetteville High School. He was a loving son to his parents, he talked to them every day. He loved watching Lonesome Dove, westerns, shooting his bow, playing pool and swimming. He was an outdoorsman, loved traveling some of his favorite places to travel to is Montana, Colorado and Alaska. He also loved snow skiing, water skiing and raising homing pigeons. He enjoyed spending time with his family, he would play basketball with his grandson Dillon. He once took a family vacation to Breckenridge Colorado where they all caravanned in four different cars and he taught seventeen family members how to ski.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents Cy and Lettie Carney and both parents.
He is survived by his wife Bonnie; three daughters, Charlotte Shanna Cichy and her husband Joe of Acton, California, Lisa Wessel of Lincoln, Arkansas; seven sons, Kenneth Coatney II and his wife Brenda of Orlando, Florida; Justin Coatney of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Darren Jackson and his wife Andrea of Lincoln, Arkansas; Dean Jackson of Lincoln, Arkansas; Rex Jackson and his wife Dessie of Lincoln, Arkansas; two sisters, Shirley Guyton of Lincoln, Arkansas; Kathie Marvin and her husband Ken of Springdale, Arkansas; brother, John Coatney and his wife Cilcia of Bentonville, Arkansas; four grandchildren, Tiffany and Nicole Cichy of Acton, California, Ashlyn and Dillon Jackson of Lincoln, Arkansas and special nephew, Austen Moss of Lincoln, Arkansas.
Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Wednesday in the chapel at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home with burial to follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville.

Birth	17 Jun 1946	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death	12 Mar 2016	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Autosomal DNA		Comstock-Wood - 2nd Cousin Died 2016 - probably his son. Also matches Ike & sister

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Living

Father	Iran Kennth Coatney (1921 - 2007)
Mother	Kathryn Lucille Carney (1924 - 2005)
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