Adam Michael 'Red Pony' Coker, 35

DOVER - Adam Michael "Red Pony" Coker of Dover died Friday, Oct. 27, 2006, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. He was 35.

Mr. Coker was born June 5, 1971, in Dover, son of Carlton D. Coker Jr. and Amy C. Reed.

He graduated from Dover High School, where he played offensive lineman on the Dover High Senators state championship football team in 1988. He also was on the drum line for Dover High, and a member of the Varsity Club. He had played baseball with Dover Little League until he was 18. After high school, he graduated from Delaware State University with a bachelor's degree in history and political science and vocational education.

He worked as a paving supervisor for Tilcon Construction of Delaware for the last four years. He was a substitute teacher in the Lake Forest School District.

Mr. Coker was a member of the International Trotting and Pacing Association and the Delaware Pony Breeders and Owners Association. He also won the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes with one of his horses in 1997. He was a member of Lenni-Lenape Nation Native American Tribe. He worked with the local community's legal-aid department on "Project Hope," which was started in 1993. Working with the elderly was very important to him.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Mary Virginia Reed.

He is survived by his father, Carlton D. Coker Jr. of Dover; his mother, Amy C. Reed of Dover; his stepfather, Jay Moore of Smyrna; his paternal grandparents, Carlton D. Sr. and Anna E. Coker of Dover; his maternal grandfather, Allen Thomas Reed of Dover; his wife of 10 years, Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Shea Coker; two daughters, Cheyenne Rose Coker and Savannah Mary Coker, both of the family home; two brothers, Jay Reed Moore and Stanley Burris, both of Dover; six special nieces and nephews, Keith, Theresa, Dakota, Ariel, Shaquille and "DJ," all of Dover; and a host of aunts and uncles.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Del. 10), Dover.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home

Burial will be in Immanuel Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cheswold.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the fund for his daughters, c/o Tilcon Construction Delaware, attn.: Lisa Moon, PO Box 858, Dover, DE 19903-0858; or to the American Juvenile Diabetes Association, 100 W. 10th St., Suite 1003, Wilmington, DE 19801.