Marcel "Marc" Coleman, 86
Marc Coleman passed away on Monday
evening,
June 11, 2007 in a Brownwood nursing
facility.
Funeral services for Troy Marcel "Marc"
Coleman, age 86, of Brownwood, will
be at
2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 14, 2007
in the
Davis-Morris Funeral Home Chapel with
Dr.
Gary Torian officiating. Interment
will follow
in the Coleman City Cemetery. The family
will receive friends at the funeral
home
on Wednesday evening from 6:00 until
8:00
p.m.
He was born in Coleman to Fred and
Minnie
Craig Coleman. He graduated from Coleman
High School in 1939. Marc served his
country
in World War II as a sergeant in the
Marine
Corps. He served in the South Pacific
including
Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan before
being
honorably discharged. He married Aleta
Chambers
on November 16, 1946 in Coleman. Marc's
working
years were spent in the car business,
most
of those at Broncho Chevrolet in Odessa.
In 1966, Marc moved his family to Brownwood,
where he worked in the car business,
worked
at the Exxon bulk station, and ranched.
He
was longtime member of Central United
Methodist
Church.
Marc is survived by his wife of sixty-one
years, Aleta Coleman of Brownwood,
two daughters,
Gail Doerschuk and husband Paul of
Brownwood
and Jodell Galloway and husband Robert
of
Lumberton; six grandchildren, Merisha
Parvis
of Brownwood, Marie Grace and husband
Les
of Brownwood, Marc Galloway and wife
Molly
of Humble, Megan Galloway of College
Station,
Lori Reed and husband Jeff of Brownwood,
and Lisa Beyerink and husband Brett
of Dedham,
Iowa, eight great-grandchildren, four
brothers,
George, Donald, and Bobby Coleman,
all of
Farmington, New Mexico and Jackie Coleman
of Mineral Wells, three sisters, Peggy
Heflebower
of Midwest City, Oklahoma, Becky Elkin
of
Irving, Nancy Coleman of Southlake,
and numerous
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
two sisters, Katie Pearl Coleman and
Sue
Love, and two brothers, Vernon Coleman
and
Gene Coleman.
For those desiring to make memorials,
the
family suggests that memorials be made
to
Central United Methodist Church.
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice,
Coleman,
Texas, June 14, 2007, page 17.)
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