Junius A. Bud" Coley

Junius A. ""Bud"" Coley, son of Ethel Williams and Junius A. Coley Sr. passed away January 5, 2009 at his home in Winston-Salem. He was born in Red Springs, Robeson County, NC August 2, 1918 and lived in Robeson County most of his life. He graduated from King's Business College in Raleigh one month before Pearl Harbor. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Africa, Italy, France, Germany and Belgium, being discharged as a Tech/Sgt in 1945. He studied Interior Design on the G.I. Bill of Rights at the Capitol Department Store in Fayetteville for four years. He moved to Winston-Salem in 1959 as an Interior Designer with Harvel's Furniture and then with Everett Parker Stutts Interiors and Antiques on Burke Street until Mr. Stutts sudden death in 1969. He became a member of American Society of Interior Designers while working for Mr. Stutts and operated Bud Coley Interiors and Antique Shop on Burke Street until his retirement at age 65. He is survived by three daughters and eight grandchildren, all living in Texas. He is also survived by two nephews, Michael Warren and Phillip (Butch) Warren of Sampson County; and by two nieces, Marlyn Boyette of Chapel Hill and Marianna Stacy and husband Don of Wilmington. The body will be cremated and a small private graveside service will be for family and close friends at Alloway Cemetery at Red Springs on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Cemetery:
Alloway Cemetery

Service:
Service at 01:00pm on January 10, 2009 at Graveside