Melissa Toshiko Sheets Coon, 27, of Brazil, Indiana, and formerly Rio Grande, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terra Haute, Indiana. She was born on September 12,1978, in Charleston, WV., daughter of Winston (Tanya) Sheets, Rio Grande, Ohio, and Karen Sheets, Patriot, Ohio.
A homemaker, she was a Graduate of River Valley High School and the Buckeye Hills Career Center, and was a member of the VFW Post Ladies Auxiliary, Brazil, Ind.
In addition to her mother, Karen Sheets and father and step-mother, Winston and Tanya Sheets Toshiko, she is survived by her husband SSgt. Larry Coon whom she married on December 10, 2004, in Jacksonville, N.C., and daughters:
Tanya Michelle and Alyssa Gayle
Also surviving are her mother and father-in-law:
Charles L. And Bonnie Kay Coon, Wilkesville, Ohio
Sister, K. Nevorah Hoshi, Rio Grande, Ohio
Brother, J.W. Sheets, Rio Grande, Ohio
Maternal grandfather, Charles E. Meador, Huntington, WV
Niece, Karen Wilson, Toledo
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM., Wednesday, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with Rev. Marvin Sallee officiating.
Friends may call on at Funeral Home, on Tuesday,2:00 -4:00 PM and 6:00 - 8:00 PM Condolences may be e-mailed to mccoymoore@charter.net or www.timeformemory.com/mm.
