October 25, 2026, 87, – Mrs. Laura Kinsey Coates, at the age of 87, passed away Sunday evening, October 25, 2026, at her home in the Thunder Swamp area near Mount Olive.
She had been a long time employee of Burlington Industries where she was an inspector in the quality control division. Her working tenure began before the Burlington plant was even built; she was hired to work in a temporary beginning location and remained loyal until her retirement in 1998.
Mrs. Coates was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Coates; a great-granddaughter, Emilia Faith Gore; her parents, Roy and Lily May Turner Kinsey; and two brothers, George Kinsey and Joe Kinsey.
She leaves behind a daughter, Fran Moore, of Mount Olive; a son and daughter-in-law, Roy Coates and Dean Burroughs Coates, of Mount Olive; three grandchildren, Matthew Gore and wife, Korrinne, of Wilson, Nelson Coates of Mount Olive, and Lauren Moore and partner, Corey Raynor, of Mount Olive; six great-grandchildren, Waylon Coates, Kinsey Coates, Avery Raynor, Olivia Raynor, Emmerson Raynor, and Micah Gore; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Grace and Lester Edmundson, of Knightdale, and Elizabeth Edwards of Deep Run; a sister-in-law, Jeanette Kinsey, of Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Coates will be remembered at a graveside service to be held Wednesday, October 28, at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the residence, and also at the cemetery following the service.
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