Obituaries: Otis Lee Coleman, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 11, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For O. L. Coleman Held At Atlanta

Otis Lee Coleman, 80, father of Mrs. H. A. Gresham of Atlanta, died Thursday
in a Shreveport nursing home where he had been a complete invalid for several
years.

Mr. Coleman resided at Atlanta for approximately sixty years before his
illness.  He was a member of the Atlanta Methodist Church.

Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Atlanta Methodist Church,
and interment was under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home of
Jonesbory in the Atlanta Cemetery.  Rev. Tilman Brown, Methodist pastor
of Monroe, Rev. J. C. Rousseaux, Atlanta Methodist minister, and Rev.
Corey, Baptist pastor, conducted the funeral services.

Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. W. A. Dick, Mrs. Homer Watts, Mrs. G. G.
Smith, and Mrs. Jewel Gordon, all of Shreveport, and Mrs. H. A. Gresham; two
sons, O. L. Coleman, Jr., and Thomas Coleman, both of Shreveport.  Three
nephews, Eddie Barker and Gus Barker of El Dorado, Ark., and Earl Barker of
Ruston, attended the funeral.