Patricia M. Harmon Coffee

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM Thursday, October 7, 2004, at the White Deer Cemetery in White Deer, Texas, with Rev. Jarrell Tharp, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa, Texas.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Coffee was born June 17, 1940 in Littlefield, Texas, to David & Margaret Harmon. She married Ronald D. Coffee of White Deer on July 29, 1967. They lived in Dallas until their move to Norcross, Georgia in 1986. Pat graduated from Amherst High School, McMurry University and North Texas State University. She taught elementary school for 36 years in Texas and Georgia. Pat was active in Simpsonwood United Methodist Church in Norcross, serving in various capacities with the church and the United Methodist Women. Her daughter, Gwendolyn, preceded her in death in 1969.SURVIVORS: Husband of 37 years: Ron. Her son Lance of Norcross, Georgia; her son Kent, wife Meghan, and grandson Phoenix of Atlanta, Georgia. Her daughter Emily, husband Billy, and grandchildren Scott, Ansley and Luke of Rome, Georgia. Other family members are her sister Nelloyd and husband Rev. Jarrell Tharp of Powell, Wyoming; her sister Joy and husband Harvey Patterson of Amherst, Texas. Loving extended family includes three nephews and six nieces. MEMORIALS: Amherst Public School Library, Amherst, Texas.