Kenneth Michael Coatney

Kenneth Michael Coatney, age 69, of Natural Dam, Ark., passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Fayetteville. He was born June 17, 1946 in Fayetteville to Iran and Kathryn Carney Coatney. He was a graduate of Fayetteville High School. He was a loving son to his parents; he talked to them every day. He loved watching Lonesome Dove, westerns, shooting his bow, playing pool and swimming. He was an outdoorsman, loved traveling; some of his favorite places to travel to is Montana, Colorado and Alaska. He also loved snow skiing, water skiing and raising homing pigeons. He enjoyed spending time with his family. He would play basketball with his grandson Dillon. He once took a family vacation to Breckenridge Colo. where they all caravanned in four different cars, and he taught seventeen family members how to ski. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Cy and Lettie Carney and both parents. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie; three daughters: Charlotte Shanna Cichy and her husband, Joe of Acton, Calif., Lisa Wessel of Lincoln, Ark.; seven sons: Kenneth Coatney II and his wife, Brenda of Orlando, Fla., Justin Coatney of Broken Arrow, Okla., Darren Jackson and his wife, Andrea of Lincoln, Ark., Dean Jackson of Lincoln, Ark., Rex Jackson and his wife, Dessie of Lincoln, Ark.; two sisters, Shirley Guyton of Lincoln, Ark., Kathie Marvin and her husband, Ken of Springdale, Ark.; brother, John Coatney and his wife, Cilcia of Bentonville, Ark.; four grandchildren: Tiffany and Nicole Cichy of Acton, Calif., Ashlyn and Dillon Jackson of Lincoln, Ark.; and special nephew, Austen Moss of Lincoln, Ark. Visitation will be 5 p.m.–7:00, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Wednesday in the chapel at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home with burial to follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville. Memorial contributions may be made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road Springdale, AR 72762 or National Parkinson Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street, Suite 800, Miami, FL 33131. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.nelsonberna.com.