William Fate Trogdon

Coats, NC:  Mr. William “Fate” Trodgon, age 50, of 532 N. Orange Street died Monday, December 22, 2014, at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn.  Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM - Tuesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Coats. Officiating will be Dr. Jim Cochran.  Burial will follow at Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Angier. Mr. Trodgon was born in Topeka, Kansas on February 29, 1964 to Sandra Poole Trogdon of Coats/Raleigh, and the late Robert Lee Trogdon, Jr. Mr. Trogdon was also preceded in death by a brother, David Lee Trogdon and his maternal grandparents, D. Lentis & Inez Poole of Coats. Due to various health issues, Fate was disabled during his most recent past years.  However, he was never happier than when he was outdoors, cutting grass,  weed-eating, or tinkering on his various lawn mowers and weed-eaters.  He especially enjoyed spending time and working with his mother on various projects on his mother's Poole home place on N. Orange Street in Coats where they each grew up, in different generations,  and shared many fond memories from the many years spent there. Survivors, include his mother, Sandra Poole Trogdon of Coats/Raleigh; brother, Robert Lentis Trogdon; sister-in-law, Rachel Trogdon of Coats, NC; neices, Amanda Trogdon and Logan Trogdon both of Raleigh, NC; great-neice Caiton Guy of Coats, NC; great-nephew Emerson Caggiano and great-neice, Avalena Caggiano, both of Raleigh, NC, great-neices, Aurora-Rose and Adelia-Marie Lopez, both of Raleigh, NC, and special aunt, Judith Poole of Raleigh, NC, special cousins Harold Lloyd and "Mama Kay" Stephens; special pet, Smoke.      The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats 6:00PM until 8:00PM Monday and other times at the home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.roseandgraham.com