Individual Details
Maurice J. "Jimmy" Coburn
(24 Oct 1935 - 12 Aug 2005)
Events
| Birth | 24 Oct 1935 | West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States | |||
| Marriage | 8 Feb 1958 | West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States - Living | |||
| Death | 12 Aug 2005 | Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | Maurice John "Morris" Coburn Sr. (1887 - 1946) |
| Mother | Mabel Richard Rush (1895 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Allene A "Allie" Coburn (1915 - ) |
| Sibling | Bertha Marguerite Coburn (1916 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Pearl Coburn (1920 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Ivah E "Snookie" Coburn (1924 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Jimmy Coburn Jr.WEST POINT – Maurice J. “Jimmy” Coburn Jr., 69, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. He was born Oct. 24, 1935, in West Point, the son of the late Maurice John Coburn Sr. and Mabel Rush. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force with 23 years of service. He served in Korea and Vietnam, and received several honors. He was a businessman for 25 years and owner/manager of Coburn Insurance Agency. He was a member of the First Christian Church. He was a graduate of West Point High School and the University of Minnesota. He was a member of all local veterans organizations, the Masonic Lodge, the Lions Club, the Civitans and the Red Club at Ole Miss.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church with Dr. Timothy Teater officiating and Bro. Jim Forrest assisting. Burial with full military honors will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Cooper Coburn, whom he married Feb. 8, 1958, in West Point; four godchildren; two sisters, Florence Hester of West Point and Jean Minyard of Starkville.
He was preceded in death by four sisters, Allie Little, Bertha South, Ivah Rodgers and Pearl Twibell.
Pallbearers will be members of the military.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to service time Sunday at the church.
Memorials may be made to the Christopher Warren Cooper Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 304, West Point, MS 39773.