Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, May 7, 1973

Mrs. Mattie Coleman

JONESVILLE (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie E. Coleman, 75, of Catahoula Parish were to be at 2 p.m. today at Pine Grove Baptist Church at R[h]inehart with the Rev. Claudie Jenkins officiating, assisted by the Rev. Eddie Cooper.

Burial was to follow at Heard Cemetery in Manifest under the direction of Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville.

Mrs. Coleman died Saturday at the Glenwood Hospital in West Monroe after a brief illness.

She was a native and lifelong resident of Catahoula Parish.

Survivors include her husband, Walter Coleman of Jonesville; three step-sons, Alonzo Coleman of Sandy Lake, Ernest Coleman of Jena and Otis Coleman of Jonesville; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lois Tiffie of Monterrey and Mrs. Lorraine Ford of Jonesville; 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.