Coker Cemetery Association, San Antonio, Texas

Coker Cemetery History #34 - November 2017

by Bob Battaglia

At the Coker Cemetery Annual meeting held earlier this year, Butch Gerfers did a presentation on Coker School’s 60th Anniversary at the current location on Heimer Road. He had previously given this presentation in 2015 at the request of the Coker PTA for the event. In the presentation, he included pictures of the school at the three locations:

It is believed that this was the first building used for the school until 1904 and also served as the church house and was located in Coker Cemetery.

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This wooden structure served as the second school from 1904 until it burned down in 1924 and was located across the Salado Creek from Coker Cemetery.

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This brick building was completed in 1925 & later expanded. It was replaced by the campus on Heimer Road in 1954.

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This building opened in 1954 and is how the school appeared in the early 1960's.

Below you'll find another glimpse back in time in Paula Allen's San Antonio Express-News article from June 18, 2017.

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