OBIT
Buell Douglas Coomer, 78, of Cecilia, KY died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, KY. He was born in the home of his grandparents (Welby & Mary Coomer) in the Weed Ridge area of Adair County to the late Buell and Alice Brown Coomer on May 18, 1943.
Doug graduated from Adair County High School in 1961. He then graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1965 and earned his Master’s degree from the University of Louisville in 1966. He was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church in Clayton, GA and was a retired Civil Engineer for Kimley-Horn in West Palm Beach, FL. He was an avid UK basketball fan, loved corvettes and served with Habitat for Humanity in Rabun County, GA.
SURVIVORS:
3 children: Janna Furnish (Mark) of Henryville, IN, Bryan Coomer (Kelly) of Chicago, IL and Jennifer Coomer-Adkins (Philip) of Holly Springs, NC
6 grandchildren: Avery, Kendall, Sydney, Riley, Victor and Naomi
6 siblings: Ronald Coomer (Pat) of Elizabethtown, KY, Russell Coomer (Pat) of Russell Springs, KY, Linda Shoemaker (Jerry) of Bowling Green, KY, Cathy Cox (Brad) of Columbia, KY, Sheila Keltner (Kenneth) of Bowling Green, KY and Roland Coomer (Terri) of Somerset, KY
Several nieces & nephews
Funeral Service: Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 2:00pmCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Bro. Richie Coomer officiating
Burial: Haven Hill Cemetery
Visitation: Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pmCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home
The family request that everyone attending wear a mask or face covering.
Pallbearers: Victor Adkins, Neal Clayton, Austin Coomer, Kyle Coomer, Mark Coomer, Ben Keltner and Wes Keltner
The funeral service will be live-streamed on Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Facebook page at 2:00pmCT on Saturday.
