Obituary
Nancy Vogle Coalter died peacefully at Advent Health Women’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at the age of 75 after a hard-fought, five-month battle with stage IV lung cancer.
Nancy was born in Gulfport, MS to Robert A. Vogle and Venora Dalton. She was also predeceased by her brother, Bruce Vogle, and husband, James Coalter. “Grancy,” as she was endearingly called by her grandchildren, attended Harrison Central High School where she excelled as a scholar-athlete playing basketball and tennis. After graduating as Valedictorian, she went on to study accounting at Southern Mississippi University, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science.
A trailblazer in many regards, Nancy began an impactful career in finance with Arthur Andersen as the first female in the FL tax division office in the 1970’s. Known for her grit and fearless leadership, she retired as the Chief Financial Officer of a global publishing company at the age of 65. A lifelong competitive athlete, Nancy also participated in several Texas Pro-Amateur golf tournaments during mid-life and coached the “Blue Streak” youth girls’ AAU basketball team to five Florida state championships, including one top-ten finish at the Junior Olympics.
Nancy’s hobbies included golf, tennis, fishing, coaching youth basketball, cooking, and combing the beach for sea glass. She was also an avid stock market investor. During her retirement, Nancy enjoyed volunteering on the Aquarina Golf & Country Club Board of Directors as Treasurer and earned the title of Aquarina Golf Club Ladies’ Champion six consecutive years between 2015 and 2020.
She is survived by her brother, Thomas; her children, Tracy and David; and her grandchildren, Madi (20), Coulter (18), Cameron (17), and Linscott (16).
A private memorial service will be held at sea on Sunday, January 7 off the port of Cape Canaveral, FL. The family will celebrate her life aboard the Obsession and scatter her ashes in the ocean, as Nancy requested, at the same latitude & longitude where her late husband, Jim’s, ashes were scattered in 2017.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Association for Cancer Research at https://www.aacr.org/.
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