Prayer for Those Murdered:
O God, we pray for those who have been murdered on the streets of our city. We commit to your loving care those who have died, beseeching you to receive their souls into the mercy of your love. Comfort their loved ones who mourn. Enable them to meet the lonely and painful days ahead in the strength of your love. Let the love that you have made known to us lead us to create safer streets for all to walk upon. Amen. Our FamilyThis memorial website was created to remember our dearest Donald Coffey IV who was born in Cleveland, Texas on September 18, 2001 and passed away on May 9, 2009. You will live forever in our memories and hearts. Lived and died in Dayton, Texas. He really loved the country....
Donald Ray “Junior” Coffey IV, age 7, died Saturday May 9th, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital.
He was born in Cleveland Texas, September 18, 2001 the son of Donald Ray Coffey III and Rebecca S. Baker
Coffey. Junior loved anything outdoors, being on his four wheelers, the motorcycle with Dad, and doing just about
anything his older brother was doing. He was in the first grade at Stephen F. Austin Elementary, and enjoyed
attending First United Pentecostal Church in Mont Belvieu.
Donald was preceded in death by his uncle Albert Baker and his cousin Andrew Coffey Vidal
He leaves behind his beloved family, parents Donald & Rebecca Coffey, brother Cody Lee Baker, sister Destiny
Dawn Coffey, aunts Stacey Whitten, Amy Nalley, Ruthanna Riccio, Mary Lou Baker, and Cindy Nalley, paternal
grandparents Steve and Marilyn Olson and Bill Nalley, and his maternal grandparents Mary Baker, Herb Cranmer,
and Buddy Baker. In addition he leaves numerous cousins and extended family.
Junior will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. Visitation will be held from 5-8pm Sunday May 17,
2009 at Sterling Funeral Home, 602 N. Main Dayton, Texas.
A small memorial was set up by concerned neighbors at the sight of Thursday night’s shootinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=extNL2IcSSk
