Mrs. Era Jane Coleman, 88, passed away Monday, July 20, 2009 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital – NMS in Oxford, MS. She was born in Tupelo, MS to the late Raymond and Beatrice Sparks Williams. During her working life she was employed as a seamstress for Big Yank, at Yalobusha County Nursing Home and at Emerson Electric, from which she retired. She was a member of Anchor Baptist Church in Lafayette County, MS.
The public is invited to visit with the family prior to the service at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 in Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home. Burial will be held in Shipp Cemetery in Lafayette County, MS.
Mrs. Coleman is survived by her three grandsons, Gerald (Kimberly) Coleman of Camilla GA, Michael Coleman of Water Valley, MS, and Jason Coleman of Belzoni, MS; two sisters, Edith (Jimmy) Martin of Oxford, MS and Dorothy (Clinton) McKinney of Water Valley, MS; and five great grandchildren.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Milton Coleman and son, James Ray Coleman.