Obituary of William Douglas "Doug" Coley ~ 2004

Source: The Goldsboro News-Argus Dec 28 2004





MOUNT OLIVE -- The funeral for William Douglas "Doug" Coley, 54, of 220 
Edgecombe Drive, Reiglewood, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the 
chapel of Tyndall Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Smith will officiate. 
Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Coley died unexpectedly on Sunday. 
A native of Mount Olive, he owned and operated an 18-wheeler and was known 
to his trucking friends as The Windjammer.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Carter Coley; two daughters, Robin 
Goodson, and her husband, Shane, of Mount Olive, and Angela Coley of 
Greenville; three stepsons, Timothy Gurganus and his wife, Anita, of 
Richlands, Stewart Mills and his wife, Cressie, of Chadbourn, and Staff 
Sgt. Gregory Mills and his wife, Michelle, of Warner-Robbins, Ga.; a 
brother, Ralph Coley, and his wife, Frances, of Pine Level; three sisters, 
Rosemond C. Smith, and her husband, Buster, of Faison, Diana C. Carlson of 
Mount Olive, and Barbara C. Ward of Calypso; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Joyce Goodwin Coley; a 
granddaughter, Nealy Goodson; and two special brothers-in-law, Mike Ward 
and Thomas Carter.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 9 at Tyndall Funeral 
Home, and other times at the home of Diana Carlson, 404 W. Station St., 
Mount Olive.
(Pd) 



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