David Rosser Cole Obituary

David Rosser Cole attended Bay City High School in Bay City, TX. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about David Rosser Cole.

Graduation Year	Class of 1969
Date of Passing	Feb 10, 2017
About	David Rosser Cole, 67, of Bay City passed away February 10, 2017 after a long struggle with kidney disease. He was born October 18, 1949 in Bay City, Texas to Rosser Moody Cole and Virginia Bell Davis Cole. David slipped away quietly with his father at his side. He was preceded in death by his mother Virginia Cole and his wife Joyce Minter Cole. Survivors include his father Rosser Cole; son Clint Cole, brothers Raymond Cole, Roy Cole (wife Kathy) and Allan Cole; step sisters Janie Flemming and Mona Davenport along with many nieces and nephews. David grew up working on his family’s grass farm contributing to the team effort of fertilizing, watering, mowing, and spraying weeds for months, until the turf grass was ready for harvesting, and then repeating the process all over again. He loved working on cars and he was well known in his high school days for his “souped up” yellow 1964 Chevrolet Impala. Other friends with fast cars used to compete with him to see how quickly they could cross a quarter mile marker out on a country road starting from a dead stop. David was always joking around with everyone he knew and even those he didn’t know. He sometimes got strange looks from those that didn’t know him because they did not know at first that he was a chronic jokester. That made it even funnier to those that knew what was going on and were watching the perplexed expression coming from the bewildered stranger. Finally, everyone would laugh and let the stranger know David was just joking. Those that knew David will smile when reading these words because they know exactly what we are talking about. Earlier in life, David took up flying and especially enjoyed executing spin recoveries, a maneuver where they would intentionally put the airplane into a diving spin and then pull out of it before getting too close to the ground. Family members can recall him with his crop dusting friends doing these spins high above the family farm’s airstrip. It was really a site to see. Later in life, David assisted his father drilling and repairing water wells. Even as David’s health began to fail, he would get up early and go out for half a day’s work. He enjoyed being out and active. David will be sorely missed by those that knew him. Graveside services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Cedarvale Cemetery with Dr. Mike Zimmerman officiating.