Arlie Lee Coke, 84, Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Harrisonville, Missouri, died Sunday, October 4, 2015 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Grant Cemetery in Creighton, Missouri, under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.
Arlie was born June 5, 1931 in Creighton, Missouri, the son of William Walter and Beulah Ethel (Hayes) Coke. Lee served in the U.S. Army for 20 years and worked as a mail carrier in Indianapolis, Indiana for 20 years, before moving to Las Vegas, where he has lived for the past 27 years.
Arlie was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Charles Allen Coke, three sisters, Josephine Landers, Susan Ann Gore, and Mary Washburn. Arlie is survived by one son and three grandchildren, Indianapolis, Indiana; two brothers, John B. Coke, Harrisonville, Missouri and Carl Reynolds, Boonville, Missouri; two sisters, Thelma Hathaway, Vancouver, Washington and Beulah May Viles, Fort Scott, Kansas.