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Obituaries
J., Bravais Coe, longtime owner of J.B. Coe Lumber Co., Amarillo, Tx., died June 6, 1987, in Amarillo. He was 100.
Considered a major force in the shaping of Amarillo since the 1920s. Mr. Coe was born near Colorado City, Tx. He had managed several lumber companies throughout the state, including Burton-Lingo, Brady, Tx., before settling in Amarillo in l9l9 while with Long Bell.
In l92l he and two partners opened Coe & Parks, Amarillo; the company became J.B. Coe Lumber Co. when he bought out his partners three years later. He retired in the late 1960s and sold the firm to his children.
SFPA Meeting
(Continued front page 25) year program to increase southern pine production by 1.4 billion board feet, was on target.
The meeting attendees heard a strong endorsement of SFPA from industry leader Arthur Temple, chairman of Temple-Eastex. Temple urged non-member lumber producers to join SFPA, and challenged present members to actively support the association.
Mr. Coe is survived by his widow, Ida, two daughters, six grandchildren, l6 great-grandchilren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
L.T. Bullock. founderof
Bullock Lumber Co., Pittsburg, Ky., dled May 31, 1987, in London, Ky. He was 84.
A native of Pulaski County, Ky., he was a builder and carpenter from 1938 to 1944 when he opened Bullock Lumber. In 1958 he boughr the Herzig Building Supply, London, which he operated as a second Bullock Lumber until he retired in 1969.
Mr. Bullock is survived by one daughter, two sons, two sisteri. five grandchildren, and seven greatgrandchildren.