Laura Louise (May) Coleman (1927 - 2010)

Born 4 Oct 1927 in Weathersby, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Oct 2010 at age 83 in Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Laura Louise May was born on Oct 04, 1927 in Weathersby, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the fourth child of Lish May and Maybelle Purser.

She had four siblings, namely: Herbert Daniel, Francis C, Mary Alice, and Gladys Theo "Billie".

She died on Oct 20, 2010 in Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 83).

Laura Louise May was buried in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery). Race: (White) She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi in 1930. She lived in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter).

Alvin Eugene Coleman and Laura Louise May had children (see obit).

Obituary

Colonial Chapel Magee and Mendenhall

Laura Louise May Coleman (October 4, 1927 - October 20, 2010)

“Her children stand up and proclaim her blessed; her husband, too, extols her...” Proverbs 31:28.

Services for Laura Louise May Coleman of Brookhaven and formerly Mendenhall, MS are 3 p.m., Saturday, October 23, at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Mendenhall, with burial in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Mendenhall. Visitation is from 1 – 3 p.m.

Mrs. Coleman, 83, died Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at Silver Cross Home, Brookhaven. She was born October 4, 1927, in Weathersby, Simpson County, Mississippi, to Lish and Maybelle Purser May. A homemaker, devoted wife, mother and friend to all, she was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Mendenhall.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Alvin Eugene Coleman; her brother, Herbert Daniel May; and her sister Mary Alice May McMullen.

Survivors include her daughters: Rebecca Coleman Corkern and husband Thomas Corkern of Brookhaven, and Hilda Mae Coleman of Mendenhall; her sisters, Frances May Clancy of Albany, N.Y., and Gladys (Billie) May Sullivan of Norfolk, Va.; three grandchildren, Stacy McWilliams Parker of Byram, the Rev. Matthew Thomas Locy Corkern and wife Alice, of Mobile, Ala., and Jeremy Coleman Corkern of Birmingham, Ala.; four great-grandchildren, Shandi Elizabeth Stewart, Alexandria Stori Parker and Joshua Keith Parker of Byram, and Preston Graves Coke-Corkern of Mobile, Ala.

Memorials in her honor may be given to the breast cancer charity of choice or the Child Welfare Committee of the Junior Auxiliary of Brookhaven. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Published online by Colonial Chapel Magee and Mendenhall

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-9PN : accessed 22 November 2015), Louise May in household of Lash May, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-7A, sheet 11B, family 171, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-95M : accessed 22 November 2015), Laura L May in entry for Lish May, 1930.