William Keith Coats

William Keith Coats was born July 9, 1952, in Montgomery, Texas, to parents , James Coats and Maurine Coats. He passed away in The Woodlands, Texas, on July 18, 2025, at the age of 73.

Keith was proceeded in death by his parents, James and Maurine; wife, Shirley Jean Coats; brother, Emmett Coats; sister Patricia Brown. He is survived by his daughter, Tammy Gourley and her husband Kennith Gourley; son William Coats Jr. and his wife Kelley Coats; daughter Cyndi McShan and husband Bobby McShan; and grandchildren; Wesley, Megan, Taylor, Lauren, Payton and Gracyn; and great-grandchildren; Camden, Willow, and Colston.

Celebration of Life is scheduled for Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home chapel, 303 E. Crockett Street, Cleveland, Texas, 77327.

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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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