Harry Richard Coomer
Harry Richard Coomer
August 22, 1943 ~ July 11, 2008
Harry Richard Coomer, 64, Hiseville, died Friday, July 11, 2008, at his residence. He was a son of the late Sarah Elizabeth Bravard Slaughter and Bill Coomer. He was an army veteran of the Vietnam Era, a retired boilermaker, a member of the Boilermakers’ Union Local Chapter 40 in Elizabethtown, a member of the Loyal Order of Moose in Bowling Green, a member of the VFW in Rowletts and a member of the Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville.
Survivors include his wife, Julia “Judy” Coomer; two sons, Barry Coomer and wife, Mary Shannon, of Hiseville, and J.W. Coomer and wife, Vivian, of Gamaliel; 8 grandchildren, Broche, Morgan, Coe, Heather, Kaley, Brianna, Kaytie and Hannah; four brothers, David Coomer, Charles “Pete” Coomer and Rick Coomer all of Kentucky, and Joe Coomer of Indiana; three sisters, Melissa Gay and Cathy Colgate of Louisville, Frances Welch of Scottsville; his step-mother, Shirley Coomer of Louisville; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one step-brother, Anthony Brown.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home. Burial with military honors provided by Glasgow Chapter 20 DAV will be in the Hiseville Cemetery. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Alternate expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society.
