Margaret Roberta Coleman (1914 - 2002)

Born 28 Dec 1914 in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States

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Died 12 Dec 2002 at age 87 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Margaret Coleman is a part of US Black heritage.

Margaret Coleman was born in 1914. She was the oldest daughter ofJoshua Coleman and Joylette Lowe Her younger sister, Katherine, would win recognition as a mathematician at NASA.

Obituary:

Margaret R. Coleman

December 15, 2002

HAMPTON — Miss Margaret R. Coleman died peacefully at home on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002. Born in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on Dec. 28, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Joshua and Joylette Coleman. She had resided in Hampton for the past year.

Miss Coleman received her Bachelor's degree from West Virginia State College and held Master's degrees from Colorado State and Columbia Universities. She retired after teaching over 40 years in the public schools of Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs. She had traveled extensively in Canada, Europe and the Far East.

A life member of St. James Methodist Church, she had served diligently and lovingly in many capacities, both locally and statewide; she had been the church organist for many years. Miss Coleman had affiliated with Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church since moving to the area, and was active in the Edith Bland Circle, Bible Study and the Agape Fellowship.

Survivors include her sister, Katherine Johnson (James) of Hampton, Va.; brother, Charles Coleman (Mary Alice) of Greensboro, N.C.; three nieces, Joylette Hylick (Lawrence) of Mt. Laurel, N.J., Constance Garcia of Hampton and Katherine Moore of Newark, N.J.; six grand nieces and nephews and three great-grand nieces and nephews.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2T-VSY : accessed 13 April 2016), Margaret Coleman in household of Joshua M Coleman, White Sulphur, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,953.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHS-FLY : accessed 6 August 2020), Margaret Coleman in household of Joylette Coleman, Union, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 8B, line 62, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2539; FHL microfilm 2,342,273.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CW-D4X : 29 February 2020), Margaret R Coleman in household of Josh M Coleman, White Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Magisterial District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-29, sheet 10B, line 53, family 191, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4404.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2Z4-3X9 : 22 July 2020), R Coleman, 12 Dec 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY8-W3LV : accessed 6 August 2020), Margaret R Coleman, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 13 Dec 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Press, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY6-852Z : accessed 6 August 2020), Miss Margaret R Coleman, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 15 Dec 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Press, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY6-8VB2 : accessed 6 August 2020), Margaret R Coleman, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 20 Dec 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Press, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY6-CCGG : accessed 6 August 2020), Margaret R Coleman, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 22 Dec 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Press, born-digital text.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVP-266B : 18 June 2020), Margaret Roberta Coleman, ; Burial, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States of America, Greenhill Cemetery; citing record ID 22325279, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.