Jackie Coats

Dunn, NC:  Mr. Jackie Leon Coats, age 65, of 135 Country Manor Lane died Sunday at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.  A Celebration of Life will be 3:00PM Wednesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson.  Officiating will be Rev. Glenn McCullen.      Mr. Coats was born July 16, 1949 in Durham County to the late Duncan S. and Esther Ivey Coats. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Judy Coats.  Mr. Coats was in the construction business and was a US Army veteran, serving during the Vietnam Conflict.      He is survived by his daughters & son-in-law, Kathy & Thomas Tart and Teresa Coats, all of Dunn; Grandchildren, Jackie Lynn Gregory, Justin Thomas Tart, and Jamie Brooke Tart; Two Great Grandchildren, Zaelynn and Kyson Gregory; brothers & sister-in-law, Duncan Coats of Coats, and Jerry & Joyce Coats of Benson; sisters & brother-in-law, Barbara Rice of Texas, and Becky & Ralph Bland of Clinton; and several nieces and nephews.       Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home immediately following the memorial service.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family, c/o Kathy Tart, 1080 George Perry Lee Road, Dunn, NC  28334.