In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Coles; four sisters, Ardelia, Matilda, LaComa, and Betty; two brothers, William McKinley Jr. and LeRoy.
Mrs. Coles was a member of The Militant Pillar Ground of Truth Church where she served faithfully as a pianist, Sunday school teacher, usher board leader, and ordained teacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
She attended and graduated from Stratton High School after which she attended and successfully completed vocational school in Detroit, Michigan. She returned to Beckley, WV in the early sixties and was later united in marriage with John Coles for 47 years before becoming a widow in year 2009. Mrs. Coles was employed in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Charleston, WV, and Beckley, WV in the textile industry and in homemaking.
Surviving are four sisters, Mae (Pastor Leon), Doris (Allen), Ruth and Sonia (Jerry); three sisters-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Services will be at 12:00 pm, February 21, 2019 at Church of God MPGT, Harper Heights, WV, with Pastor Alfred Taylor and Elder Raoul Scott, Jr. officiating. Visitors may call from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm on February 21, 2019, at the church.
A special thanks to Alice Coles’ in home care givers and all medical facility personnel for the diligent care given to Mrs. Coles
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