Southampton-Westmoreland County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coates, Rev. Albert W., 1955 

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REV. ALBERT WOOD COATES 
BAPTIST PASTOR DIES IN HOSPITAL 

The Rev. Albert Wood Coates, 62, pastor of Sedley and Black Creek Baptist 
Churches, Southampton County, died early Sunday at a Richmond hospital.

A native of Westmoreland County, he was the son of the late Robert Alexander 
and Rebecca Smith Coates.  He was a retired Army chaplain, having served at 
Ft. Belvoir and Ft. Eustis.  For 16 months, he was stationed in India.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillian Matthews Coates, of Franklin; two sons, 
James R. Coates, of Washington, and  Albert W. Coates, Jr., of Newport News; 
two brothers, John A. Coates of Acorn, Westmoreland County, and J.J. Coates 
of Warsaw; two sisters, Mrs. W.B. Palmer, of Denton, Md., and Mrs. Mary C. 
Settle, of Richmond, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 P.M. Tuesday at W.J.M. Holland & Son 
Funeral Home, Franklin, with bural in Poplar Spring Cemetery [sic*] here.


Rev. Albert Wood COATES, Baptist pastor, retired Army chaplain, 
Westmoreland Co. native, d. 23 Jan 1955, Richmond, age 62, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 25 Jan 1955, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mon., Jan. 24, 1955, p. 17 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

His parents are buried in the SMITH family cemetery, Oldhams, Westmoreland Co. 
   His father's Find a Grave Mem. (#172430801) includes a photographic portrait; 
   his mother's (#172430044) includes a photo & her obit. 


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