Coy Dale London

Coy Dale London, born December 12, 1941, went to be with the Lord on January 4, 2026. He was 84 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents, Coy Everett and Blanche Cate London; his sister, Barbara Mathis; and 2 sons: Coy Wayne London and John Christopher London. He is survived by one daughter, Melissa (London) Mann and son-inlaw Alan Mann. He had three grandchildren, Stacy Jukes, Jacob Mann and Allison McLelland; and four great-grandchildren, Aurick Pattison, Arehlyn Pattison, Ilias Jukes and Ilaina Jukes. 

Dale grew up on the London Farm in Corpus Christi, TX. At the time, the London community only had a schoolhouse for children in grades K - 8. He had to transfer into “town” for his high school years, first to Ray High School and later he became part of the first graduating class of Carroll High School in 1959. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Texas A & I in Kingsville and later a master’s degree from Purdue University. He would also proudly tell you that he was only 3 hours shy of earning a theology degree at Howard Payne University in Corpus Christi – only because the Greek teacher left the school and he didn’t want to take Latin to fill the requirement. 

Dale taught chemistry, physics and math for 37 years. He spent the first 9 years teaching at South Houston High School; teaching what he proudly referred to as “the NASA kids”. During his time there, the state of Texas was trying to promote the math and science programs. They offered teachers an opportunity to pursue their master’s degree through a 5 year summer only program. Dale applied, with a “They won’t pick me” attitude….. Needless to say, he spent the next 5 summers traveling to Indiana, eventually earning a master’s degree in Physics from Purdue University. This achievement earned him the honor of becoming the first teacher in the state of Texas (who was actively teaching) to hold a master’s degree in Physics. There were others with this degree, but he was the first to use it in the teaching field. Later, Dale moved his family back to Corpus Christi, where he taught at Flour Bluff High School for the next 28 years. He loved his job, the kids he taught, and the Flour Bluff community. 

Dale had many passions over the years. He loved playing board and card games with family. More than once, he declared himself to be: The Monopoly or Uno Champion. Many of you remember his amazing garden. He actually didn’t like some of the items he grew. But he loved watching everything grow and really enjoyed sharing the abundance of vegetables from his garden with friends and family. He also dabbled in cake decorating, jewelry making and of course…..collecting anything Whataburger related! If they made it…he bought it! He definitely enjoyed his retirement years!