In 1860 Coots Funeral Home opened its doors in the 100 Block of E. Chestnut St. in Jeffersonville, IN. No pictures exist of this humble beginning of family tradition that would come to span over 140 years and five generations of the Coots Family. In those 140 years Coots Funeral Home has had 3 locations and is currently centrally located in downtown Jeffersonville at 120 W. Maple St.
It is unknown what type of building the original funeral home was. Sometime after opening its doors the funeral home relocated to what then was known as 152 Spring St. This location was the site of the funeral home until 1927 when the funeral home relocated again to its current location. The Spring St. funeral home was torn down sometime in the late 1940's to allow the Clark County Bank to expand and is currently a driveway run west off of Spring St.