FATHER OF ACC COACH KILLED
Roscoe, Dec. 21 - Struck by another automobile as he was attempting to pull his own car alongside the highway near Roscoe, A. M. Coleman, Sr., 59, a Nolan County farmer since 1919 and father of Tonto Coleman, Abilene Christian College assistant football coach, died in the Young Hospital at Roscoe about 6:30 tonight.
Coleman suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. The tragedy occurred at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Roscoe at 3:30 Monday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
Coleman had farmed two and one-half miles east of Roscoe since coming to Texas from Alabama.
Survivors include the wife; five sons, A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, Jr. of Abilene, Carl Coleman of McCamey, Harry and Harold Coleman, both of Roscoe, and Walter Coleman of San Antonio; and three daughters, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell, Mrs. Laura Jackson of Roscoe and Mrs. Gerald Ward of San Angelo.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Monday, Dec. 22, 1941
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: A M Coleman
Sex: Male
Age: 59
Death Date: 21 Dec 1941
Death Place: Young Hospital, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Head Injury; automobile accident, East Roscoe
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: J M Coleman
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Roscoe, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 22 Dec 1941
Informant: Mrs. A. M. Coleman, Roscoe
Record Number: 57107
GS Film Number: 2138817
Digital Folder Number: 005145839
Image Number: 01564
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D4-LD6 : 20 February 2021), A M Coleman, 21 Dec 1941; citing certificate number 57107, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,817.
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Roscoe, Dec. 21 - Struck by another automobile as he was attempting to pull his own car alongside the highway near Roscoe, A. M. Coleman, Sr., 59, a Nolan County farmer since 1919 and father of Tonto Coleman, Abilene Christian College assistant football coach, died in the Young Hospital at Roscoe about 6:30 tonight.
Coleman suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. The tragedy occurred at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Roscoe at 3:30 Monday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
Coleman had farmed two and one-half miles east of Roscoe since coming to Texas from Alabama.
Survivors include the wife; five sons, A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, Jr. of Abilene, Carl Coleman of McCamey, Harry and Harold Coleman, both of Roscoe, and Walter Coleman of San Antonio; and three daughters, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell, Mrs. Laura Jackson of Roscoe and Mrs. Gerald Ward of San Angelo.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Monday, Dec. 22, 1941
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: A M Coleman
Sex: Male
Age: 59
Death Date: 21 Dec 1941
Death Place: Young Hospital, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Head Injury; automobile accident, East Roscoe
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: J M Coleman
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Roscoe, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 22 Dec 1941
Informant: Mrs. A. M. Coleman, Roscoe
Record Number: 57107
GS Film Number: 2138817
Digital Folder Number: 005145839
Image Number: 01564
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D4-LD6 : 20 February 2021), A M Coleman, 21 Dec 1941; citing certificate number 57107, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,817.
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FATHER OF ACC COACH KILLED
Roscoe, Dec. 21 - Struck by another automobile as he was attempting to pull his own car alongside the highway near Roscoe, A. M. Coleman, Sr., 59, a Nolan County farmer since 1919 and father of Tonto Coleman, Abilene Christian College assistant football coach, died in the Young Hospital at Roscoe about 6:30 tonight.
Coleman suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. The tragedy occurred at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Roscoe at 3:30 Monday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
Coleman had farmed two and one-half miles east of Roscoe since coming to Texas from Alabama.
Survivors include the wife; five sons, A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, Jr. of Abilene, Carl Coleman of McCamey, Harry and Harold Coleman, both of Roscoe, and Walter Coleman of San Antonio; and three daughters, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell, Mrs. Laura Jackson of Roscoe and Mrs. Gerald Ward of San Angelo.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Monday, Dec. 22, 1941
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: A M Coleman
Sex: Male
Age: 59
Death Date: 21 Dec 1941
Death Place: Young Hospital, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Head Injury; automobile accident, East Roscoe
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: J M Coleman
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Roscoe, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 22 Dec 1941
Informant: Mrs. A. M. Coleman, Roscoe
Record Number: 57107
GS Film Number: 2138817
Digital Folder Number: 005145839
Image Number: 01564
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D4-LD6 : 20 February 2021), A M Coleman, 21 Dec 1941; citing certificate number 57107, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,817.
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Roscoe, Dec. 21 - Struck by another automobile as he was attempting to pull his own car alongside the highway near Roscoe, A. M. Coleman, Sr., 59, a Nolan County farmer since 1919 and father of Tonto Coleman, Abilene Christian College assistant football coach, died in the Young Hospital at Roscoe about 6:30 tonight.
Coleman suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness. The tragedy occurred at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Roscoe at 3:30 Monday. Other arrangements are incomplete.
Coleman had farmed two and one-half miles east of Roscoe since coming to Texas from Alabama.
Survivors include the wife; five sons, A. M. (Tonto) Coleman, Jr. of Abilene, Carl Coleman of McCamey, Harry and Harold Coleman, both of Roscoe, and Walter Coleman of San Antonio; and three daughters, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Blackwell, Mrs. Laura Jackson of Roscoe and Mrs. Gerald Ward of San Angelo.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Monday, Dec. 22, 1941
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Nolan County Death Certificate
Name: A M Coleman
Sex: Male
Age: 59
Death Date: 21 Dec 1941
Death Place: Young Hospital, Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Head Injury; automobile accident, East Roscoe
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: J M Coleman
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Roscoe, Texas
Burial/Removal: Roscoe
Date: 22 Dec 1941
Informant: Mrs. A. M. Coleman, Roscoe
Record Number: 57107
GS Film Number: 2138817
Digital Folder Number: 005145839
Image Number: 01564
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3D4-LD6 : 20 February 2021), A M Coleman, 21 Dec 1941; citing certificate number 57107, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,817.
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