General Information

Birth
20 OCT 1936
Locust Bayou, Calhoun, Arkansas, USA
Death
21 NOV 1921
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Mount Comfort Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

Wendell Ray Coston, 85 passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale.

He was born October 20, 1936 in Locust Bayou, Arkansas to Hamilton Mack and Virginia Roberts Coston.

Ray was an FBI Agent for many years. He earned a PH.d from the University of Arkansas and enjoyed pulling practical jokes.

He is preceded in death by his wife Gail Coston and two sisters, Jean Phillips and Gaye Sommer.

Survivors include one son, Scott Coston of Springdale, one daughter, Cheryl Stange of Bentonville, one sister, Charlotte Smith of Fayetteville, six grandchildren, Thomas Coston, Dana Coston, Cody Coston, Jennifer Coston, Raistlin Clem and Ceara Clem and two great-granddaughters, Violet Coston and Gage Coston.

Graveside services will be Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 11:30 am at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Fayetteville.

Parents

Hamilton Ham Coston
- Father
1917 - 1998
Birth
13 JUL 1917
Calhoun County, Arkansas
Death
27 JUN 1998
Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Mount Comfort Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Virginia Jennie Robertson
- Mother
1919 - 2002
Birth
1919
Death
2002

Spouse

Virginia Gail Butler
- Wife
1942 - 2014
Birth
6 MAR 1942
Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas
Death
4 JAN 2014
Burial
Mount Comfort Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Scott Coston
- Son