MARY L. COLEMAN HOOKS BLUE WAS BORN ON MAY 25, 1940 IN BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA TO THE LATE ROSA LEE REEVES AND COLONEL COLEMAN. SHE RECEIVED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AT NEBO BAPTIST CHURCH IN CLAYTON, AL. AFTER MARRYING THE LATE STEPHEN BLUE, SHE JOINED MT. OLIVE SEVENTH - DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. MARY WAS A FAITHFUL EMPLOYEE OF ELBA NURSING HOME FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO A DRIVER FOR THE ELBA RESCUE DEPARTMENT. IN HER LATER YEARS, MARY WAS EMPLOYEED FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA-COFFEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WAS BLESSED TO RETIRE. MARY WAS A GREAT COOK AND DID IT WITH JOY! SHE ENJOYED WORKING WITH HER FLOWERS AND PLANTS. MARY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO SONS: MAVERICK HOOKS AND CHRISTOPHER HOOKS. SISTERS: RHODIE COLE, KATHLEEN WILLIAMS, GUSSIE NEAL, LONNIE CHAMPION, LULA COLEMAN, TWO BROTHERS: DANIEL COLEMAN AND WYMAN COLEMAN MARY LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER FOUR CHILDREN: KATERENE PIERRE, MILTON HOOKS, JAMES (MAE) HOOKS, TOM (LYNN) HOOKS, SISTER: JUANITA COLEMAN. BROTHERS: PASTOR SARRLIE (ANNICK) COLEMAN SR, C.W.(SHARON) COLEMAN, BOBBY COLEMAN AND JERRY COLEMAN. ONE UNCLE: SAMMIE COLEMAN, ONE AUNT: VERNELLA CARMICHAEL. EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, TWELVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
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