Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coleman, Darrell E February 16, 1976
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Virginian Pilot February 17, 1976 partial
                 
              MOTHER, CHILD KILLED BY FIRE AT APARTMENT

A mother and her small son died early Monday in a fire that swept a two story 
row apartment building in Huntersville, leaving 15 families homeless.
The victims, identified by police as Vivian Coleman, 30, and her son Darrell, 6, 
were found by fire fighters just inside the door of their second floor apartment 
at the end of the building in the 1200 block of Dusch Avenue.
"It looks like they went to the door to try to get out, but by that time they 
were probably pretty much overcome by smoke and heat", said Fire Chief G.W. 
Stone. 
Relatives of Mrs. Coleman and her son, a first grader at Easton Elementary 
School, tried to reach the pair before fire fighters arrived but were forced 
back by the heat and smoke, described by one as being "so black you couldn't see 
anything."

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                  Mrs. Vivian Coleman and Darrell Coleman

A double funeral service for Mrs. Vivian Coleman and Darrell Coleman of 1259 
Dusch Ave., will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. 
Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Graves Funeral Home has charge. The family 
will assemble at 1124 East City Hall Ave., Norfolk.

Virginian Pilot February 21, 1976

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