Obituary: Cress Coble – Bolivar, Tennessee
Cress Coble ~ November 27, 1942 – October 4, 2022 (age 79)
Cress Coble, 79, of Bolivar, Tennessee transitioned on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at Jackson Madison General Hospital at 6:50 a.m.
His funeral service was held on Saturday October 15, 2022, at Greater Springfield Missionary Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with Pastor Shon Beasley in charge. Burial was in the Bolivar Community Cemetery and Dixie Funeral Home was in charge of the professional service.
Cress was born on November 27, 1942, to the late Cress and Alberta Coby in Bolivar, Tennessee. He attended Hardeman County School Systems. After high school, Cress moved to Union City, Tennessee and shortly after he relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. He soon moved to Geiger, Alabama and spent several years there before moving back to Bolivar where he was employed and retired from Western Mental Health Institution.
Cress was born into a family of 18. He is preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Myrtle and Betty; eight brothers, Cromwell, Charles, Donell, Leroy, Bobby, Carl Ray, Roosevelt, and Larry; along with one granddaughter.
Cress is survived by four children, Michele, Christy, Cress, and Karissa; seven brothers and sisters, LeRoy (Burdie), Diane, Carilon, Martha (Charlie), Helen, Craig, and Marvin; 13 grandchildren and great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Courtesy of Dixie Funeral Home, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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