Jesus called her by name and then He came and took her by her hand and took her to the promise land called Heaven.
Shirley Coleman, age 71, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Salyer Ford.
Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church of Canalou, Missouri. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and she worked as an elementary school counselor at Kelly Public School for 20 years before retiring. One of her passions in life was writing; she was a published author of the book “You Can’t Go Back.”
On April 12, 1965, in Sikeston, she married Dewayne Coleman, who survives of the home in Sikeston.
In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Tony (Penny) Coleman of Millersville, Missouri, and Michael (Tammy) Coleman of Vanduser, Missouri; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Amy (Tony) Blaylock of Sikeston and Charity (Matt) VanAmburg of Farmington, Missouri; one brother, Dan Ford of Sikeston; three sisters, Wanda Dirickson, Linda Dover and Carolyn Bourcier; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson; six brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., Brother Dewayne Coleman and Brother Mike Cartwright, officiating.
Burial will follow at Blodgett City Cemetery in Blodgett, Missouri.
Shirley Coleman, age 71, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Salyer Ford.
Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church of Canalou, Missouri. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and she worked as an elementary school counselor at Kelly Public School for 20 years before retiring. One of her passions in life was writing; she was a published author of the book “You Can’t Go Back.”
On April 12, 1965, in Sikeston, she married Dewayne Coleman, who survives of the home in Sikeston.
In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Tony (Penny) Coleman of Millersville, Missouri, and Michael (Tammy) Coleman of Vanduser, Missouri; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Amy (Tony) Blaylock of Sikeston and Charity (Matt) VanAmburg of Farmington, Missouri; one brother, Dan Ford of Sikeston; three sisters, Wanda Dirickson, Linda Dover and Carolyn Bourcier; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson; six brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., Brother Dewayne Coleman and Brother Mike Cartwright, officiating.
Burial will follow at Blodgett City Cemetery in Blodgett, Missouri.
Jesus called her by name and then He came and took her by her hand and took her to the promise land called Heaven.
Shirley Coleman, age 71, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Salyer Ford.
Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church of Canalou, Missouri. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and she worked as an elementary school counselor at Kelly Public School for 20 years before retiring. One of her passions in life was writing; she was a published author of the book “You Can’t Go Back.”
On April 12, 1965, in Sikeston, she married Dewayne Coleman, who survives of the home in Sikeston.
In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Tony (Penny) Coleman of Millersville, Missouri, and Michael (Tammy) Coleman of Vanduser, Missouri; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Amy (Tony) Blaylock of Sikeston and Charity (Matt) VanAmburg of Farmington, Missouri; one brother, Dan Ford of Sikeston; three sisters, Wanda Dirickson, Linda Dover and Carolyn Bourcier; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson; six brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., Brother Dewayne Coleman and Brother Mike Cartwright, officiating.
Burial will follow at Blodgett City Cemetery in Blodgett, Missouri.
Shirley Coleman, age 71, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
She was born on Dec. 7, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Salyer Ford.
Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church of Canalou, Missouri. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and she worked as an elementary school counselor at Kelly Public School for 20 years before retiring. One of her passions in life was writing; she was a published author of the book “You Can’t Go Back.”
On April 12, 1965, in Sikeston, she married Dewayne Coleman, who survives of the home in Sikeston.
In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Tony (Penny) Coleman of Millersville, Missouri, and Michael (Tammy) Coleman of Vanduser, Missouri; two daughters and two sons-in-law, Amy (Tony) Blaylock of Sikeston and Charity (Matt) VanAmburg of Farmington, Missouri; one brother, Dan Ford of Sikeston; three sisters, Wanda Dirickson, Linda Dover and Carolyn Bourcier; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson; six brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., Brother Dewayne Coleman and Brother Mike Cartwright, officiating.
Burial will follow at Blodgett City Cemetery in Blodgett, Missouri.
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