OWENSBORO, Ky. — Virginia Lee Coons, 92, of Owensboro, passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born on May 5, 1929, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Wesley and Oma Neighbors.
She retired from the Owensboro Public School System. She is a member of Unity Fellowship.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Henry Coons; her daughter, Rebecca Hampton; a great-grandson, Austin Blair; and her siblings, Agnes Richert, Lafe Neighbors, and Layman Neighbors.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Bob Coons (Debbie), and Tim Coons; grandchildren, Heather Blair (Tim), Wendy Westerfield (Mark), Jennifer Morin (Wayne), Andrew Coons, Adrienne Coons, and Matthew Hampton; 10 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Ruby Knudson; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 12 noon on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 at Unity Fellowship, 625 Allen Street, Owensboro. Burial will be in Owensboro Memorial Gardens. Visitation is after 10 a.m. until time of the service at the church.
James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Unity Fellowship, P.O. Box 1401, Owensboro, KY 42302.