Individual Details

Military

He was honorably discharged as a sergeant first class on June 13, 1955, at Fort Lewis, Wash. He received the National Defense Service Medal

Death

Birth: Mar. 23, 1931, Chattanooga, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Death: Jul. 23, 2010, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA
Allen Edward Coursey
Funeral for former Frederick resident Allen Edward Coursey, 79, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Orr Gray Gish Chapel with Jerry McKinley officiating.
Mr. Coursey died Friday, July 23, 2010, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Burial will be at Frederick Memorial Cemetery under direction of Orr Gray Gish Funeral Home.
He was born March 23, 1931, in Chattanooga to Oliver Jackson and Ethel Altie Calhoun Coursey. He grew up in the Chattanooga, Frederick and Davidson vicinities, attending school at Victory. He lived in Roswell, N.M., from 1947 until he was drafted in the c He was honorably discharged as a sergeant first class on June 13, 1955, at Fort Lewis, Wash. He received the National Defense Service Medal. He married Melba Lois Holloway on Sept. 2, 1953, in Comanche. They moved to Frederick in 1955, where he lived and worked in the auto body repair business. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Frederick.
Survivors include his wife, Melba; two daughters and a son-in-law: Lois Allene and Pat Gammage and Meredith Ann Coursey, all of Wichita Falls, Texas; and two grandchildren: Joshua Patrick Gammage and Anna Zhou Gammage, both of Wichita Falls, Texas.
He was preceded death by his parents and a brother, Ernest Coursey.
Memorial contributions may be sent to: Grace Church, 5214 Stone Lake Drive, Wichita Falls, TX 76302, or to the Arthritis Foundation, 4300 MacArthur, Ste. 245, Dallas, TX 75209, in loving memory of Allen Coursey.
An on-line guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.orrgraygishfuneralhome.com or www.tiptonfuneralhome.com.
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Burial

Birth: Mar. 23, 1931, Chattanooga, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Death: Jul. 23, 2010, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA

Funeral for former Frederick resident Allen Edward Coursey, 79, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Orr Gray Gish Chapel with Jerry McKinley officiating.
Mr. Coursey died Friday, July 23, 2010, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Burial will be at Frederick Memorial Cemetery under direction of Orr Gray Gish Funeral Home.
He was born March 23, 1931, in Chattanooga to Oliver Jackson and Ethel Altie Calhoun Coursey. He grew up in the Chattanooga, Frederick and Davidson vicinities, attending school at Victory. He lived in Roswell, N.M., from 1947 until he was drafted in the c He was honorably discharged as a sergeant first class on June 13, 1955, at Fort Lewis, Wash. He received the National Defense Service Medal. He married Melba Lois Holloway on Sept. 2, 1953, in Comanche. They moved to Frederick in 1955, where he lived and worked in the auto body repair business. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Frederick.

Survivors include his wife, Melba; two daughters and a son-in-law: Lois Allene and Pat Gammage and Meredith Ann Coursey, all of Wichita Falls, Texas; and two grandchildren: Joshua Patrick Gammage and Anna Zhou Gammage, both of Wichita Falls, Texas.

He was preceded death by his parents and a brother, Ernest Coursey.

Memorial contributions may be sent to: Grace Church, 5214 Stone Lake Drive, Wichita Falls, TX 76302, or to the Arthritis Foundation, 4300 MacArthur, Ste. 245, Dallas, TX 75209, in loving memory of Allen Coursey.

An on-line guest book and sympathy cards are available at www.orrgraygishfuneralhome.com or www.tiptonfuneralhome.com.
Sunday, July 25, 2010


Burial:
Frederick Memorial Cemetery
Frederick
Tillman County
Oklahoma, USA