Nelson Edwin Coleman
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Obituary
Nelson Edwin Coleman
91, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, left the confines of this earth for his heavenly abode on Friday, 11 September 2015. He was the baby of the family of Jacob, Jake or J and Myrtle Lee Watson Coleman.
Nelson was a Son, Husband, and father. He was an extremely intelligent self-taught man that cared deeply for his Father and Mother that carried through his marriage of 64 years with Dorothea Meek Coleman, and the raising of their family of five children upon the passing of his father and mother. Nelson was born and raised in Northwest Arkansas all of his life. He left the area with brief episodes of school in California and episodes of work in Detroit Michigan, as well as an episode of farming in Greensburg, Kansas. He would always return to the old home place just off Highway 16 west of Fayetteville. Farming was a hard life for him, but one he spoke of fondly. He worked several jobs in addition to the farm. He worked for a survey company for Washington Count to bring their land assessments up to date, owning his own businesses, work at Experimental Campbell Soup Farm, Baldwin Piano Company, Bear Brand Hosiery, as a courier, a job he truly loved, and finally Washington County Assessor’s Office as a Deputy assessor. After retiring he helped some of his neighbors with their chickens, mowing yards for himself, his family, and some of his friends and neighbors, baby siting his grandchildren, as well as, his great grandchildren. He was known for keeping his lawn well groomed, a large garden to feed his family and friends alike, and to show his children that hard work pays off.
He was converted at age 18, at Highland Community Church, just off highway 16 West of Fayetteville, where his brother Rev. Jesse Martin Coleman was the pastor. 5 August 1951, Nelson was married to Dorothea Meek at the First Baptist Church in Farmington, Arkansas where his brother was then the pastor.
He was pre-deceased by his sisters: Myrtle Elizabeth Coleman, Nina Lee Coleman White, Emma Jewell Coleman, and his brother, Rev. Jesse Martin Coleman.
Nelson is survived by his wife, Dorothea Meek Coleman of the home, three daughters, Toni Lynn Cox(Jim),Fayetteville, Neena Janell Gober(Lewis),Springdale, Tammy Renee Coleman, Crawford Co. AR., two sons, Douglas Edwin Coleman(Barbara),Maryland, and Jesse David Coleman(Ladonna) Morrow, AR. Grandchildren: Sarah E.Young Tarnish of Dallas, Texas, and Mallory L. Young Noggle(Patrick) of West Fork. Michael C Maddan(Catherine) of Oklahoma. Tyler A Beaver(Kamila) and Jacob C Beaver of Fayetteville. Hadley B Grace, Springdale. Candice G Valentine(Blake), Lincoln, Julie and Jesse O Coleman of Morrow. Maxwell A. Coleman, Maryland. Great Grandchildren: Macie and Garrett Noggle, Autumn, Winter, Michael C.JR, Azalee Maddan, and BrayLee A. Soap.
Nelson was quite pleased with our children, and their endeavors. He believed that with all the hard work it proved that the teaching had not been in vain.
91, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, left the confines of this earth for his heavenly abode on Friday, 11 September 2015. He was the baby of the family of Jacob, Jake or J and Myrtle Lee Watson Coleman.
Nelson was a Son, Husband, and father. He was an extremely intelligent self-taught man that cared deeply for his Father and Mother that carried through his marriage of 64 years with Dorothea Meek Coleman, and the raising of their family of five children upon the passing of his father and mother. Nelson was born and raised in Northwest Arkansas all of his life. He left the area with brief episodes of school in California and episodes of work in Detroit Michigan, as well as an episode of farming in Greensburg, Kansas. He would always return to the old home place just off Highway 16 west of Fayetteville. Farming was a hard life for him, but one he spoke of fondly. He worked several jobs in addition to the farm. He worked for a survey company for Washington Count to bring their land assessments up to date, owning his own businesses, work at Experimental Campbell Soup Farm, Baldwin Piano Company, Bear Brand Hosiery, as a courier, a job he truly loved, and finally Washington County Assessor’s Office as a Deputy assessor. After retiring he helped some of his neighbors with their chickens, mowing yards for himself, his family, and some of his friends and neighbors, baby siting his grandchildren, as well as, his great grandchildren. He was known for keeping his lawn well groomed, a large garden to feed his family and friends alike, and to show his children that hard work pays off.
He was converted at age 18, at Highland Community Church, just off highway 16 West of Fayetteville, where his brother Rev. Jesse Martin Coleman was the pastor. 5 August 1951, Nelson was married to Dorothea Meek at the First Baptist Church in Farmington, Arkansas where his brother was then the pastor.
He was pre-deceased by his sisters: Myrtle Elizabeth Coleman, Nina Lee Coleman White, Emma Jewell Coleman, and his brother, Rev. Jesse Martin Coleman.
Nelson is survived by his wife, Dorothea Meek Coleman of the home, three daughters, Toni Lynn Cox(Jim),Fayetteville, Neena Janell Gober(Lewis),Springdale, Tammy Renee Coleman, Crawford Co. AR., two sons, Douglas Edwin Coleman(Barbara),Maryland, and Jesse David Coleman(Ladonna) Morrow, AR. Grandchildren: Sarah E.Young Tarnish of Dallas, Texas, and Mallory L. Young Noggle(Patrick) of West Fork. Michael C Maddan(Catherine) of Oklahoma. Tyler A Beaver(Kamila) and Jacob C Beaver of Fayetteville. Hadley B Grace, Springdale. Candice G Valentine(Blake), Lincoln, Julie and Jesse O Coleman of Morrow. Maxwell A. Coleman, Maryland. Great Grandchildren: Macie and Garrett Noggle, Autumn, Winter, Michael C.JR, Azalee Maddan, and BrayLee A. Soap.
Nelson was quite pleased with our children, and their endeavors. He believed that with all the hard work it proved that the teaching had not been in vain.
Funeral Service
10:00 am
Luginbuel Chapel
Visitation
Visitation information unavailable.
Final Resting Place
Farmington Cemetery
South, Row 01 33, Space 45
General
Oct 1, 1923
Sep 11, 2015
92
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Tributes
SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT NELSON A FRIEND ! I KNOW HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM ! WILL BE THINKING OF THE FAMILY !! MAY GOD BE WITH ALL OF YOU !
van reed - friend
Sorry for your loss, my thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.
Joyce Pharr Bradley - friend
Dad;
Those who know me know that I am not particularly religious but here are some words from my favorite book of the bible and my favorite version of the bible, the King James. Sometimes, like you, the classics are the best.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 44
Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us...
And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them...
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.
With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes.
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
For all the things you did for us, I thank you. Especially for the little ones. that went unnoticed at the time.
My Dad and I never discussed poety. But I would like to share lines from an African-American poet who spoke of the small things fathers do for their children...
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he’d call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love’s austere and lonely offices?
When I was in school and still small I was very interested in Greek and roman mythology. From the school library I checked out a very thick yellow book of more than 300 pages that contained tales of the gods. My father was so impressed that I had selected and was reading such a book that he took the book to work with him and showed it to his friends. Far later in life, I still remember him doing that and his pride in me doing that even though by that time my father had completely forgotten this small thing.
The lessons of our fathers shape us. Whatever we are, for good or ill our parents lay the foundation for that. As Ecclesiastes said long ago...whose righteousness hath not been forgotten...their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance...their glory shall not be blotted out.
I love you Dad.
Douglas Edwin Coleman - Son
I worked with Nelson in the assessors years ago, he was funny and one of the finest men I knew. So sorry for the Coleman family loss. Heaven is blessed.
Belinda Clark - Friend
I thank God for the life that Nelson lived and the example he was to his son "Doug."
Barbara & Doug & he entire Coleman's family, you will always be in my prayers and I am here if you ever need me.
Be encouraged to know that your Dad was a good man and keep his memories in your heart.
L Marjorie Foreman - Sister-in-Law to Doug Coleman
Funeral Service
10:00 am
Luginbuel Chapel
Visitation
Visitation information unavailable.
Final Resting Place
Farmington Cemetery
South, Row 01 33, Space 45
General
Oct 1, 1923
Sep 11, 2015
92
Documents