Catherine Coleman

Catherine Kay Yvonne Morris Coleman of Rock Hall, Maryland died on October 29, 2007 at Chester River Hospital Center in Chestertown, MD. She was 68. Born in Hartly, Delaware on August 19, 1939, she was the daughter of the late, Raymond Clinton and Nancy May Clough Morris. She was a 1956 graduate of Smyrna High School and on January 27, 1956 she married James Arthur Coleman, Sr. they moved to Rock Hall, Maryland in 1957. Mrs. Coleman worked with Baltimore Business Forms/Reynolds and Reynolds for 30 years, retiring in 1994 from Reynolds and Reynolds and from Synergy Gas Company in 2001. Her husband predeceased her in 1998. Mrs. Coleman raised foster children and participated in the Governor s Council on abused children. She was a member of the Rock Hall United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Coleman enjoyed reading, puzzles, yard sales, crocheting, and crossstitch. Mrs. Coleman is predeceased by a brother Henry Ryamond Morris and a sister Margaret Jane Hobbs. She is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Dawn Thomas and her husband, Tony of Rock Hall, MD and Corinda Daye Coleman of Rock Hall, MD; five sons, James Bub Arthur Coleman, Jr. of Rock Hall, MD, Robert Bob Morris Coleman and his wife, Tanya of Harrington, DE, William Bill Richard Coleman and his wife, Vickie of Chestertown, MD, Charles Clinton Coleman and Carey McLaughlin of Crumpton, MD and Stephen Scott Coleman and his wife, Melissa of Cairo, Egypt; four sisters, Evelyn Anna Mae Hodges of Hartly, DE, Nancy Lee Reynolds of Milford, DE, Linda Dale Levan of Dover, DE and Joan Faye Borel of AK; one sister in law, Sandra Morris of Hartley, DE; fifteen grandchildren, Jason, Karly, Tyler, and Joe Coleman, Jamie and John Elburn, Tamera Raimond, Charlie Hawkins, Matt and Jessica Capel, William, Robert, Alyssa, and Lindsey Coleman; great grandchildren, Colby, Jonah, Shane, Kaylee, Dakota, Kristen, and Alicia and foster children, Will Myers, Murray Steele, Ryan Twinning, and Gary Pippin. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 2, 2007 at 1:00 PM at Rock Hall United Methodist Church where relatives and friends may call two hours prior to the service. Interment will be in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Rock Hall Vol. Fire Company Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 577, Rock Hall, MD 21661. Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein, and Newnam Funeral Home Rock Hall, MD.