Virginia Coleman

COLEMAN, Mrs. Virginia - Age 74, passed away August 1, 2012 in Katy, Texas. Family hour 10 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2012 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service at 11 a.m. Pastor Seon Thompson, officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Coleman will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed Thursday during family hour only. Mrs. Virginia Coleman was born on April 20, 1938 in Louisville, Kentucky; the second of five children born to Otha and Eddie Maude Hunter, Sr. She was raised in Toledo, Ohio, a graduate of Scott High School. After her completion of Nursing School, she married Charles Sumner and worked several years at Toledo and Maumee Valley Hospitals. She later met and married Carl Coleman, relocated to Flint, Michigan in 1969, where she was a faithful employee at Hurley Medical Center for twenty-six years. Virginia was a very kind and warm hearted person, a true nurturer by nature. She spent many years of her life caring for others. She was loved by all who knew her and will always be remembered by her quick smile, open arms and gentle spirit. She was always open for new friendships, finding good in everyone she met. She loved entertaining and surrounded herself with company. She centered her life around her daughters and grandchildren, who were the light of her life. Virginia leaves to cherish her memory; daughters; Teresa Sanders and Carla (Charles) Jackson, of Houston, TX; son-in-law, Larry Sanders of Flint MI; step-daughters, Erneisha (Undre) Lay, Ebony and Marsha Coleman; grandchildren, ShaRonda (Bryant K.) Walker, Jonaya Ellis, Larry Boyd, Antonio Sanders, Phillip Robinson, Xidne and Charles Jackson Jr.; great-Grandson, Keion Malik Walker; brothers, Otha (Verbie) Hunter, Jr., Albert (Brenda) Hunter and John (Terry) Neal, all of Toledo Ohio; a host of nieces and nephews, including; Renee (Michael) Simmons, Dawn Dye, Tracy McClellan, Herbert (Tammy) McClellan III, Arlene (Barry) Cannon, Carlene and Candice Boone, Deborah Taylor, Otha (Honore’) Hunter, Kimberly and Kay Hunter, Nichole Holman, Charae Gatson, Shelli Jefferson, Kelli Powell, Tammy Hughes, and Shalanda (Danny) Holmes; god daughter, Judie Hollowell; many life-long friends, including her closest friends, Mamie Straham, Virginia Hollowell, Barbara Perrin, Vanette Alexander and her extended families, the Haralson and Miller families. Proceeding Virginia in death were her parents, Otha and Eddie Maude Hunter Sr.; sisters, Drew Lillian McClellan, and Addie Jean Boone; brother, Ricky Neal; great-grandson, Deondrae Trevon Buford. The family would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone, for thinking of us and praying with us during our time of sorrow.

Virginia Coleman

April 20, 1938 - August 1, 2012