A memorial service for Porum native James C. Cole, 84, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Primrose Funeral Home in Norman. A reception for family and friends will follow at the Primrose events center. Interment will be about 11 a.m. Monday at Fields Cemetery in Porum.
Dr. Cole died Jan. 24, in Raleigh, N.C. after a long battle with lung disease. He was a longtime Norman dentist and after retirement spent two decades acting and modeling in New York City prior to his move to Raleigh to be close to family in July 2009.
Dr. Cole is survived by daughter, Carol Cole-Frowe and her husband Robert Frowe of Norman and Shady Shores, Texas; sons, J. Paul Cole and his partner Randy Gaugert of Raleigh, N.C., and Robert Cole of New York City; 2 sisters, Louise Purdy and husband Bill, of Kerrville, TX and Jean Magoon of Los Angeles, granddaughter, Kathleen "Kat" Mills of Norman; and his former wife Kathleen "Katie" Cole of Norman.
