Artis Coleman Sr.

Published 11:00 am Thursday, January 26, 2012

ROLLING FORK — Artis Coleman Sr. died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Promise Hospital in Vicksburg. He was 78.

Survivors include four sons, Artis Coleman Jr. of Greenville, Charles Ray Coleman of Rolling Fork, Larry Coleman of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jeffery Coleman of Atlanta; 11 daughters, Barbara Jackson, Earnestine Miller, Patricia Worle, Stacy Fisher, Gloria Coleman and Corrie Coleman, all of Georgia, Doris Shade of Scottsdale, Mildred McCoy, Ruby Coleman, Carolyn Expose and Janie McCoy, all of Rolling Fork; a brother, James Coleman Sr. of Rolling Fork; 32 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sunflower Church in Rolling Fork with Apostle Linda Sweezer and Charlie Ceaser officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Rolling Fork. Visitation will be from 7 until 8 p.m. Friday at Mitchell L. Walker Funeral Home in Rolling Fork.

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