NED AND LOIS COLEMAN

According to family records:
Ned Carrol Coleman was born on 7-19-1903. His parents were Eligia Mose and Seleta Coleman (see post). He died on 2-14-1982. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater of the war. He served over 20 years in the US Army, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant, then worked as a strawberry farmer in Bradford Co. Florida.  His wife, Lois Harper Coleman, was born on 9-27-1915. Her parents were Morgan and Della Harper (see post). She was raised in Blackshear, GA.  She died on 12-6-1999. They are buried at the cemetery at Kingsley Lake Baptist Church, Starke, FL.  Lois told me that they met when Ned went to GA to visit his cousins.  Lois was a friend of one of Ned's cousins.  They met and later married.  Ned and Lois were married on 10-2-1937. Lois told me that her grandfather, Rev. J.F. Strickland, solemnized their wedding.  Their children are: Elisha Nolan Coleman, Amelia Coleman Felter, Virginia Coleman Chambers, Gail Coleman Walker, Knute Coleman, Charles Wadsworth Coleman.

The family records were compiled by my grandfather, Ned Coleman, listed above.

The birth dates of living relatives have been omitted.

Ned and Lois are the paternal grandparents of Paul Coleman; Knute is his father.

Ned and Lois Coleman 1947

Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Headstone for Ned and Lois Coleman

Kingsley Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
Starke, FL

Ned and Lois' marriage license

Ned Coleman

c. 1947
Picture courtesy of Knute Coleman

A very young Ned Coleman in the US Navy, 1918
Ned's discharge papers from the Army in 1948 record that he had served just over 20 years.  He would have been 25 when he began his Army career.  Evidently, he served in the Navy for a short time earlier in life.
Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Lois Coleman with Elisha Nolan and Amelia Coleman

Ned and Lois' children
(left to right) Gail, Amelia, Virginia, Charles, Knute, Elisha Nolan