Nov. 19, 1987 – Aug. 23, 2024
Jessie Colton Coberly passed away on August 31, 2024 in Moab, Utah.
The LORD graced me with an 8 pound, head full of hair, bouncing baby boy on November 19, 1987, with a heart as big as Texas. He was raised by his mother and daddy, La Donna and Larry Switzer-Hawn, in Moab.
He loved his family, he loved his friends, and he loved fishing, camping and hiking. He lived and breathed his kids: Elijah Moss and Eleyna Faye Coberly—he loved them to the moon and back and he loved his second family’s kids. He was so loved by so many.
He always helped everybody and always had a smile on his face. He was very humble, even experiencing a lot of heartache that he kept to himself. Being his mama, I always told him we were “knee-deep in alligators” but not to worry or fear because the good LORD had plans for us.
He couldn’t stay mad but for a minute, and was the most forgiving man I knew, a beautiful quality to have… The day he passed, I sat outside and took in the weather that captured our tumultuous emotions: the sky got black, wind blowing, raining and hailing, the street filling with water—I looked above Jessie’s house and saw four eagles soaring as well as one of the most breathtaking double rainbows starting to form. Between those two sights, I knew that GOD had decided that Jessie had been hurting enough and took him home.
We (his whole family) got to witness a beautiful love between him and Misty Tharp in the year preceding his death. His heart was big and his dreams a close second: he wanted to travel to our “home country” in Ireland and taste every lip-smacking flavor of the south combining a mix of flavor to his delicious cooking that many knew well. He had an incredible sense of humor and a laugh that made it impossible not to laugh along.
Jessie was an extraordinary father, son, brother, uncle, friend, boyfriend, farmer (his love for his chickens and those eggs was proof of that) and gardener. He was a beautiful soul and everyone who knew him knew his kindness and love shone bright!
He is survived by his mother, La Donna Switzer-Hahn; father, Joey Bruce (Terrie) Coberly; children, Elijah Moss and Eleyna Faye Coberly; brother Brando (Nicole) James and their children Jharick, Breckyn James; brother Gabe (Kori) Olson their children Calvin, Alex and Gabby, Ava; sister-in-law Tiffany James and her children Gannon, Hadlee, Harper of Wyoming; brother-in-law, Carson Shifflet and son Issac Shifflet; niece, Dasia Gibbs; and Hance cousins, Erica, Devin, Billy, Gage, and Baily James, all of Oklahoma City.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents Bill and Lil Hance, Lloyd Coberly; uncle Billy Hance; aunts, Stephanie and Courtney Hance; sister, De Leyna Shifflet; brothers, Hank, and Kambryn James; and his daddy, Larry Switzer-Hahn.
Jessie will be greatly missed but his love and compassion will live on.
Services were held on Monday, September 2, 2024, at Spanish Valley Mortuary.
Family and friends are invited to share tributes online at SpanishValleyMortuary.com.
