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Extracted from The Alexandria Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Ruby Mizell Coates
Services in the chapel of Hixson Brothers, Pineville, with burial in
Forest Lawn Memorial Park; aged 83, of Alexandria died Sunday, July 30,
2000, in her residence; officer of Rapides Bank, retiring with 30 years
of service; member of the Association of Bank Women, American Business
Women's Club, a charter member of Baptist Hospital Auxiliary, Matinee
Music Club, past president of the Quota Club of Alexandria and the Credit
Woman's Club; board member of the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Auxiliary
for several years; member and served as president of the State of Louisiana
Hospital Auxiliary; served on the board of the American Cancer Society
and the Heart Association.
She was preceded in death by her former husband, J. Lamar Mizell.
Survivors: husband, Walter L. Coates of Alexandria; daughter, Janelle
Mizell Allen of Alexandria; stepson, Norman Coates of Dallas; sister,
Irene Birchfield Smith of Alexandria; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Billy Allen, Norman Coates, Bobby Smith, Rick Beck, Tommy
Spencer and Todd Mizell.
Monday, July 31, 2000