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Rachel Elizabeth <I>Abercrombie</I> Coleman

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Rachel Elizabeth Abercrombie Coleman

Birth
Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
Death
23 Mar 1948 (aged 63)
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA
Burial
Roscoe, Nolan County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 62
Memorial ID
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ROSCOE RITES FOR MOTHER OF ACC COACH

Roscoe, March 23 - Funeral services for Mrs. A. M. Coleman, 63, will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church here with Don Morris, president of Abilene Christian College, and Ernest Shelton, a member of the ACC faculty, officiating. Burial will be in the Roscoe Cemetery.

Mrs. Coleman, mother of A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, ACC head coach, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at San Angelo in the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. Alton Short. Mrs. Coleman had been in poor health since last summer.

She was born in Douglasville, Ga. on Oct. 8, 1884, and was married to Arthur Marvin Coleman in 1902 in Philcampbell, Ala. The couple moved to Roscoe in 1919. In 1941, following her husband's death, Mrs. Coleman moved to Blackwell. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include five sons, A. M. Coleman, Carl Coleman of Stamford, Walker Coleman of San Antonio, Harry Coleman of Roscoe and Harold Coleman of Harlingen; three daughters, Mrs. A. I. Reece of Roscoe, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell and Mrs. Short; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Wednesday, March 24, 1948
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Tom Green County Death Certificate

Name: Rachael E Abercrombie Coleman
Sex: Female
Age: 63
Death Date: 23 Mar 1948
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Malignancy of stomach with metastasis to liver
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: G W Abercrombie
Mother's Name: Frances Kimberly
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1884
Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Retired
Residence: 1516 South Park Street, San Angelo, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 24 Mar 1948
Informant: Mrs. J. A. Short, San Angelo, Texas
Record Number: 14619
GS Film Number: 2218862
Digital Folder Number: 005145037
Image Number: 01469

Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39G-3M5 : 20 February 2021), Rachael E Abercrombie Coleman, 23 Mar 1948; citing certificate number 14619, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,862.
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ROSCOE RITES FOR MOTHER OF ACC COACH

Roscoe, March 23 - Funeral services for Mrs. A. M. Coleman, 63, will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church here with Don Morris, president of Abilene Christian College, and Ernest Shelton, a member of the ACC faculty, officiating. Burial will be in the Roscoe Cemetery.

Mrs. Coleman, mother of A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, ACC head coach, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at San Angelo in the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. Alton Short. Mrs. Coleman had been in poor health since last summer.

She was born in Douglasville, Ga. on Oct. 8, 1884, and was married to Arthur Marvin Coleman in 1902 in Philcampbell, Ala. The couple moved to Roscoe in 1919. In 1941, following her husband's death, Mrs. Coleman moved to Blackwell. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include five sons, A. M. Coleman, Carl Coleman of Stamford, Walker Coleman of San Antonio, Harry Coleman of Roscoe and Harold Coleman of Harlingen; three daughters, Mrs. A. I. Reece of Roscoe, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell and Mrs. Short; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Wednesday, March 24, 1948
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Tom Green County Death Certificate

Name: Rachael E Abercrombie Coleman
Sex: Female
Age: 63
Death Date: 23 Mar 1948
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Malignancy of stomach with metastasis to liver
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: G W Abercrombie
Mother's Name: Frances Kimberly
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1884
Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Retired
Residence: 1516 South Park Street, San Angelo, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 24 Mar 1948
Informant: Mrs. J. A. Short, San Angelo, Texas
Record Number: 14619
GS Film Number: 2218862
Digital Folder Number: 005145037
Image Number: 01469

Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39G-3M5 : 20 February 2021), Rachael E Abercrombie Coleman, 23 Mar 1948; citing certificate number 14619, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,862.
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