JOSEPH LYNN COLEMAN
JOSEPH LYNN COLEMAN OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 5, 1939, IN BLACKWELL, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE EDMAN JOSEPH AND MYRTLE M. (MISSEY) COLEMAN. JOSEPH DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON MARCH 21, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-NINE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND SIXTEEN DAYS.
JOSEPH IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BETTY S. COLEMAN OF BONNE TERRE, TWO STEP SONS, DANIEL L. HOLLINSWORTH OF BOURBON, AIRMAN, JOSEPH A. BOYER, II AND WIFE DIXIE OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, TWO STEP DAUGHTERS, BECKY DANBACK AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF POTOSI, MARIE BOYER OF MINERAL POINT, FIVE STEP GRANDCHILDREN, THREE SISTERS, NOLA OWENS AND HUSBAND SAM OF BELGRADE, JUDY SANSOUCIE AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF CADET, RUBY BELFIELD AND HUSBAND RAY, JR. OF POTOSI AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, DARRELL COLEMAN AND ONE SISTER, KIMBERLY ANN COLEMAN.
LYNN WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, HAVING SERVED IN THE REGULAR ARMY AND THEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE. PRIOR TO HIS ILLNESS LYNN WAS EMPLOYED AS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. HE ENJOYED THE GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE ESPECIALLY FISHING AND VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS, HE ALSO ENJOYED REBUILDING CARS AND TRUCKS AND WOULD SPEND MANY HOURS FOUR WHEELING IN HIS TRUCK.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999, FROM 12:00 P.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH REVEREND GEORGE DECLUE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN TIFF GENERAL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MIKE SANSOUCIE, SAMMY OWENS, RICKY VALLEY, DANNY HOLLINSWORTH, EDDIE SANSOUCIE AND ROGER JAMES.