David Arnold Coker, 65, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, in Williamsburg Regional Hospital after an illness.
     Mr. Coker was born March 22, 1948, in Clarendon County, a son of the late Julian “Ellerby” Coker and Mrs. Beatrice Floyd Coker. He was a graduate of Williamsburg Technical College, was an Army veteran, serving in Germany during the Viet Nam War, and retired from Baxter Laboratories. Mr. Coker was a member of Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church.
     In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 2 sons, David Mead Coker and Jeffery Scott Coker, all of Kingstree, and a sister, Diane Coker of Lake City.
     Surviving are: his wife, Judy McKenzie Coker of Kingstree; son, Michael Chance Coker; sister, Charlotte C. McGee; 2 grandsons, Michael Scott Coker and Corey Jordan Coker, all of Kingstree.
     Funeral services will be 1 P.M. Friday in the Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in Camp Branch Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Thursday evening at Williamsburg Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Christmas Fund at Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church, 172 Delos Road, Kingstree, SC 29556.

Online condolences may be sent to the family here: wmsbgfuneral@ftc-i.net