Obituary read: "James Coleman, 73, of Covington, died at 1 A.M. today (May 21, 1974) at Mercy Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. He had been a patient there five days and ill a year. Born March 12, 1901, in Wabash Township, Fountain County, he was the son of Frank and Anna Cadman Coleman. He married Verna Marie Wilson, who died October 25, 1972. He later married Ruth Schuff Carwile October 5, 1973, who survives.
Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Terre Haute College and was a teacher in his early life. He was a postmaster at Perrysville for three years and later a rural mail carrier for 30 years. He was a member of the Perrysville School Board when the North Vermilion Community School Corporation was formed.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Luther (Mildred) Mycroft of Covington and Mrs. Gordon (Marjorie) Allen of Reynolds; two stepson, Robert Carwile of Potomac, Illinois, and Jim Carwile of Covington; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Larry (Fran) Bumps of Covington; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Anderson of Perrysville Route 1 and Mrs. Grace Wilson of Covington Route 1; five brothers, Claude of Covington, Mont of Perrysville, Frank and Don, both of Covington Route 1, and Robert of rural Crawfordsville; eight grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and a daughter.
Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home, with the Reve. Ernest Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery." – Commercial News, Danville, Illinois
Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Terre Haute College and was a teacher in his early life. He was a postmaster at Perrysville for three years and later a rural mail carrier for 30 years. He was a member of the Perrysville School Board when the North Vermilion Community School Corporation was formed.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Luther (Mildred) Mycroft of Covington and Mrs. Gordon (Marjorie) Allen of Reynolds; two stepson, Robert Carwile of Potomac, Illinois, and Jim Carwile of Covington; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Larry (Fran) Bumps of Covington; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Anderson of Perrysville Route 1 and Mrs. Grace Wilson of Covington Route 1; five brothers, Claude of Covington, Mont of Perrysville, Frank and Don, both of Covington Route 1, and Robert of rural Crawfordsville; eight grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and a daughter.
Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home, with the Reve. Ernest Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery." – Commercial News, Danville, Illinois
Obituary read: "James Coleman, 73, of Covington, died at 1 A.M. today (May 21, 1974) at Mercy Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. He had been a patient there five days and ill a year. Born March 12, 1901, in Wabash Township, Fountain County, he was the son of Frank and Anna Cadman Coleman. He married Verna Marie Wilson, who died October 25, 1972. He later married Ruth Schuff Carwile October 5, 1973, who survives.
Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Terre Haute College and was a teacher in his early life. He was a postmaster at Perrysville for three years and later a rural mail carrier for 30 years. He was a member of the Perrysville School Board when the North Vermilion Community School Corporation was formed.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Luther (Mildred) Mycroft of Covington and Mrs. Gordon (Marjorie) Allen of Reynolds; two stepson, Robert Carwile of Potomac, Illinois, and Jim Carwile of Covington; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Larry (Fran) Bumps of Covington; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Anderson of Perrysville Route 1 and Mrs. Grace Wilson of Covington Route 1; five brothers, Claude of Covington, Mont of Perrysville, Frank and Don, both of Covington Route 1, and Robert of rural Crawfordsville; eight grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and a daughter.
Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home, with the Reve. Ernest Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery." – Commercial News, Danville, Illinois
Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Terre Haute College and was a teacher in his early life. He was a postmaster at Perrysville for three years and later a rural mail carrier for 30 years. He was a member of the Perrysville School Board when the North Vermilion Community School Corporation was formed.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Luther (Mildred) Mycroft of Covington and Mrs. Gordon (Marjorie) Allen of Reynolds; two stepson, Robert Carwile of Potomac, Illinois, and Jim Carwile of Covington; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Larry (Fran) Bumps of Covington; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Anderson of Perrysville Route 1 and Mrs. Grace Wilson of Covington Route 1; five brothers, Claude of Covington, Mont of Perrysville, Frank and Don, both of Covington Route 1, and Robert of rural Crawfordsville; eight grandchildren, 12 step-grandchildren, three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother and a daughter.
Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home, with the Reve. Ernest Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery." – Commercial News, Danville, Illinois
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