Obituary: Lindsey Wilson Coit, Tensas Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Edith Ziegler; from The Tensas Gazette, November 17, 1999

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     Funeral services for Mr. Wilson Lindsey Coit, age 88, of Newell-
ton, were held at Newellton Union Church at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday,
November 10, 1999, with Rev. Arthur Strickland and Rev. Clyde Ray Weber
officiating. Burial followed at the Legion Memorial Cemetery in
Newellton under the direction of Crothers Glenwood Funeral Home
of Tallulah.
     Coit, a native of Enterprise, Mississippi, was born on September
15, 1911 and died after a lengthy illness on November 8, 1999, at
Vicksburg Medical Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He had been a
resident of Newellton for 72 years.
     Surviving him is his wife of 62 years, Elizabeth Netterville
Coit, two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Coit Forster, of Covington, Louis-
iana, and Mary Lynn Coit McMains of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a son-in-
law, Rep. F. Charles McMains, Jr. and five grandchildren, Robert Sharp
Forster, Jr., Elizabeth Lyndsey Forster, Francis Charles McMains, III,
Daniel Coit McMains, and Cooper Greer McMains. He also had numerous
nieces and nephews.
      Mr. Coit was a graduate of Newellton High School. He was em-
ployed first at the Bank of St. Joseph and then at Fisher Lumber
Company. He spent most of his career as owner of Coit Chevrolet
Company and its accompanying John Deere dealership. Mr. Coit and
Mr. Ben Burnside enjoyed many years of business partnership in
Burnside's Antiques. He was a World War II veteran, member of the
Rotary Club, and a Presbyterian at the Newellton Union Church.
     Serving as pall bearers were his four grandsons, as well as
Frank R. Burnside, Jr., Nathan O. Kifer, Alan Clyde Doyle, and Julius
Greer McMains. Honorary pallbearers were Frank Burnside, Ben Burn-
side, Jr., Jack Mabray, Maurice Watts, Williams Welch, Jay Magoun, Pat
Williams, and James C. Wilkerson.
      Special thanks from the family go to the staff at the Olive
Branch Senior Care Center, Tallulah, Louisiana.
      Memorials may be made to the Newellton Union Church at P.O.
Box 265, Newellton, Louisiana 71357.