Individual Details

There were apparently two marriage cermonies. Pascagoula, Jackson Co, MS. License to marry for Iran K. Coatney and Miss Kathryn Lucille Carney issued 12 Aug 1944. Married the same day by L. E. Green, Pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Pascagoula. [I suspect Kenneth was in service on the Gulf Coast.]
Sebastian Co, AR, Fort Smith District. Marriage Bond and License for Iran K. Coatney of Rudy, Ark., to Kathryn L. Carney of Fayetteville. Dated 14 June 1945. He was 23 and she was 21. Married in Washington Co, AR 15 June 1945, by Oscar Lee Gibson, Pastor, 1st Baptist Church, Fayetteville.

Northwest Arkansas Times. Friday, 15 Jun 1945, p.3
"Carneys Entertain Wedding Party"
Mr. and Mrs. Cy Carney entertained at dinner last night for members of the wedding party of their daughter Katherine, who is to be married to Kenneth Coatney, U. S. Coast Guard, tonight. Fourteen were present at the party at Ben Shiley's new Steak House, highway 71.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Cy Carney Jr. of Rudy; Miss Doris Kenner, Muskogee, Okla.; Miss Jean Whayne, Hampton; Miss Betty Long, Harrison; Mrs. Marjorie Glover, Little Rock; Miss Colleen Delzell, Van Buren; Miss Bonnie Wilkerson, Miss Bobbie Jean Delzell, and Mrs. JoEllen Adamson, Fayetteville.
The marriage will take place at 8 o'clock tonight at the First Baptist Church.

Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, AR, Saturday, 14 Jun 1945, p.3
Carney-Coatney Wedding Solemnized
The marriage of Kathryn Lucille Carney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cy Carney, and First Class Radioman Kenneth I. Coatney, U.S. Coast Guard, son of Mrs. D. W. Griffith of Rudy, was solemnized last night at 8 o'clock at the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. O. L. Gibson officiated at the double-ring ceremony. The bride was given away by her father, and her brother, Cy Carney Jr. of Rudy, served at best man.
The bride wore a white silk marquisette and taffeta wedding gown trimmed in seed pearls with tight basque bodice and flowing skirt ending in a long train. Her fingertip veil fell from a coronet of pearls.
Mrs. Doris Kenner of Muskogee, maid of honor, wore pink net with matching headdress and rosebud corsage.
Serving as bridesmaids were Mrs. Cy Carney Jr. of Rudy and Miss Jean Whayne of Hampton, both in pale blue net and carrying pink rosebud bouquets. Usherettes Bobbie Jean Delzell of Van Buren and Betty Long of Harrison wore blue net matching that of the bridesmaids.
The tapers on the pews and in the seven-branched candelabra were light by Misses Colleen Ellen Delzell of Van Buren and Bonnie Wilkinson of Fayetteville, who wre pastel yellow net with matching headdresses and blue sweet peas.
Flower girls, dressed in white net, were little Misses Betty Ann Delzell and Karen Kay Adamson, both of Fayetteville. All dresses of the wedding attendants were of the same pattern.
Mrs. Homer Crew played traditional wedding music during the ceremony, with Mrs. Jo Ellen Adamson of Fayetteville as soloist. Mrs. Adamson sang "Because" and "I Love You Truly"
Following the ceremony a reception was held at the house of the bride's parents, 221 E. Lafayette, for relatives and members of the wedding party.
Mrs. Cy Carney Jr. served at the cake and Miss Betty Long at the punch bowl. Mrs. Marjorie Glover of Little Rock sany several selections, favorites of the bride and groom.
Mr. and Mrs. Coatney left immediately after the reception for Mobile, Ala. where he is stationed.
Mrs. Coatney is a graduate of Fort Smith high school, attended Central College at Conway, and was attending the University of Arkansas at the last session. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, honorary music group.
Radioman Coatney recently returned from 12 months overseas.

Kathryn's father's obituary gave her name as Kathryn Dickey,

Found Kathryn's burial, Fairview Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, on FindAGrave.com - she was buried as Kathryn Coatney in one entry, #11341632 - but another shows her joint marker with Vonell Dickey, #141747390. Her obituary mentions no other husband. Dickey had died in 1995.

NW Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, AR) - Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Kathryn L. Carney Coatney, 80, of Fayetteville died Sunday, July 10, 2005, in Fayetteville.
She was born Oct. 5, 1924, in Rudy to Cy and Lettie (Comstock) Carney Sr. She was a retired business owner, a member of the First Baptist Church in Fayetteville and a member of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity.
Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Michael Coatney of Natural Dam and John Stephen Coatney of Fayetteville; two daughters, Shirley Sue Moss of West Fork, Kathie Ann Marvin of Fayetteville; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial to follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville.
Pallbearers will be Mike, John, and Justin Coatney, Austen Moss, Allen Carney, Troy Hutchens and Mark Headrick.
Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Birth	5 Oct 1924	Rudy, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	15 Jun 1945	Iran Kennth Coatney
Marriage	Abt 1975	Vonell Dickey
Death	10 Jul 2005	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Divorce		Iran Kennth Coatney

Spouse	Iran Kennth Coatney (1921 - 2007)
Child	Kenneth Michael Coatney (1946 - 2016)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Spouse

Vonell Dickey (1925 - 1995)

Father	Silas Matthew "Cy" Carney (1897 - 1993)
Mother	Letisha Miranda "Lettie" Comstock (1901 - 1980)
Sibling	Mildred Eileen Carney (1921 - 1923)
Sibling	Silas Matthew "Cy Junior" Carney Jr. (1922 - 1999)