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|birth_place=Marshall, Harrison County, [[Texas]]
|birth_place=Marshall, Harrison County, [[Texas]]
|death_date=December 8, 2022 (aged 87)
|death_date=December 8, 2022 (aged 87)
|death_place= [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas
|death_place=[[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], Arkansas
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Indian Village Cemetery south of Calhoun in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]
Indian Village Cemetery south of Calhoun in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|party=[[Arkansas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nominee, 1974<br>; nominee, for lieutenant governor, 1972<br> Republican state chairman, 1988-1990
|party=[[Arkansas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nominee, 1974<br>; nominee, for lieutenant governor, 1972<br> Republican state chairman, 1988-1990
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|spouse= Sue Lynn Thompson Coon (born 1938, married 1956)<br>
|spouse= Sue Lynn Thompson Coon (born 1938, married 1956)<br>
(2) Before his political career, Coon was president of the Arkansas Jaycees.<br>
(2) Before his political career, Coon was president of the Arkansas Jaycees.<br>
(3) An original supporter of reformer , Coon later worked in the early campaigns in Arkansas of [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] though Coon himself was more [[conservative]] than Rockefeller.<br>
(3) An original supporter of reformer, Coon later worked in the early campaigns in Arkansas of [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] though Coon himself was more [[conservative]] than Rockefeller.<br>
(4) In his later years, Coon became a licensed [[psychologist]] and motivational speaker in the capital city of [[Little Rock]].<br>
(4) In his later years, Coon became a licensed [[psychologist]] and motivational speaker in the capital city of [[Little Rock]].<br>
(5) Coon once joked that he was "so honest that I might appear to be naive."
(5) Coon once joked that he was "so honest that I might appear to be naive."