Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthDec 3, 1941, Alamance County, North Carolina [540], [14187]
DeathDec 3, 2003, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina [540]
BurialMcCray Primitive Baptist Church, NC 62 North, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [540], [14187]
OccupationHomemaker [540]
FatherJoseph Allen COLEMAN (1872-1956)
MotherEuphrasia Belle ARNOLD (1878-1965)
Spouses
BirthSep 23, 1894 [487]
DeathJun 29, 1984 [540], [14190]
BurialMcCray Primitive Baptist Church, NC 62 North, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [14190]
FatherSidney Evans JEFFREYS (1848-1917)
MotherAlice Udora GRAHAM (1856-1922)
Obituary Online notes for Ruth Beatrice COLEMAN
12/4/2003

Mrs. Ruth Beatrice Coleman Jeffreys
    BURLINGTON — Mrs. Ruth Beatrice Coleman Jeffreys, formerly of N.C. 62 North, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003, at High Point Regional Hospital.
    Mrs. Jeffreys was a native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late Claude Walker Jeffreys, and the daughter of the late Joseph Allen and Euphrasia Belle Arnold Coleman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Primitive Baptist Faith and attended their churches regularly. She was also a longtime active member in the Alamance County Extension program and served in the past on many of its county, district and state programs.
    Survivors include a son, Arnold Coleman Jeffreys and wife, Carol, of Greensboro; a stepdaughter, Doris Jeffreys Allen of Burlington; three stepgrandchildren; and five great-stepgrandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by two stepsons, Jennings and Norman Jeffreys; two sisters, Euphrasia (Becky) Coleman Ingle and Eunice Coleman Galloway; and six brothers, Osia Coleman, Lofton Coleman, Ira Coleman, Jones Coleman, Percy Coleman, and E.W. "Doc" Coleman.
    The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at the McClure Funeral Home Chapel in Burlington by Elder Kenneth Key of Greensboro Primitive Baptist Church, and Elder C.B. Davis of Shilo Primitive Baptist Church in Roxboro. Burial will be in McCray Cemetery.
    The family will receive friends at the McClure Funeral Home in Burlington from 4 to 7 this evening.
    Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215; Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Road, High Point, N.C. 27260; or to McCray Cemetery Fund, c/o Carl DeBruler, 1018 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27217. [540]
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