Edna Coats

Benson, NC:  Mrs. Edna Hayes Coats, age 93, of Benson died Friday at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Sunday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be Elder Fred Williams and Elder Tony Parker. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.       Mrs. Coats was born December 25, 1920 in Johnston County to the late William Gartha and Maude Weeks Hayes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Z. Ransom Coats, and son-in-law, Peter Axel Knudsen. Mrs. Coats was a homemaker and a member of Gift Primitive Baptist Church.       Surviving daughter, Dr. Larue Doan Coats of Benson.       Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 1:00PM to 1:45PM Sunday prior to the service.       Flowers are welcomed; however memorials may be made to Campbell University, in memory of Edna Hayes Coats, P. O. Box 567, Buies Creek, NC  27506.