Bonnie Jean (Williamson) Coleman (1937 - 2020)

Born 2 Jul 1937 in Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Died 4 May 2020 at age 82 in Treutlen County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Bonnie Jean Williamson was born 2 July 1937 in Georgia, the daughter of Emmitt Williamson and Mary Lee Brantley Williamson.

In 1940^[1], she lived with her parents and siblings in Treutlen County, Georgia.

She married John Henry Coleman.

She died 4 May 2020 and was buried in Mount Shady Baptist Church Cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia.^[2]

Obituary

Mrs. Bonnie Williamson Coleman, age 82, of Vidalia, died Monday, May 4, 2020, in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after an extended illness.

She was born and raised in Treutlen County and lived in Toombs County most of her life. She retired after thirty-four years from Oxford Industries and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church of Vidalia. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening and canning.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Coleman Jr.; parents, Emmitt Williamson and Mary Lee Brantley Williamson; and eight siblings, Estol Williamson, Neva Fountain, Lila Mae Meeks, Leecy Williamson, Mildred Hall, Dorothy Wickstrom, Bobby Joe Williamson, and Emilee Williamson Beall.

Mrs. Coleman is survived by one son, Steve Coleman; one grandson, Brandon and wife Melissa; two great-grandchildren, Courtney Coleman and Connor Coleman; one brother, Billy Williamson and wife Edith; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A private graveside funeral service will be held Thursday, May 7th, at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Shady Missionary Church Cemetery with Pastor Gary Roberson officiating. Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sources

1. ↑ Bonnie Williamson, United States Census, 1940
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 September 2020), memorial page for Bonnie Jean Williamson Coleman (2 Jul 1937–4 May 2020), Find A Grave: Memorial #78531484, citing Mount Shady Baptist Church Cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Kay W. Waters (contributor 46890871)

• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PR-2FF : accessed 17 March 2017), Bonnie Williamson in household of Emmett Williamson, Militia District 1764, Treutlen, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 140-7, sheet 7B, line 80, family 129, 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 715.