Wilma L. Coleman

1932 - 2017

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, Wilma Louise Pettis Johnson Coleman departed this life at home with her daughters caring for her. She was the daughter of the late Julian and Violet Wood Johnson. She was born in Mineral, Virginia on May 28, 1932.
She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, Lawrence Coleman; one son, Charlie, and two daughters, June and Kim Dale Coleman; a brother, Johnnie Johnson; and three sisters, Alice Daphrine Wood, Lois Gardner and Vernell Nuckols.
Wilma was a lifelong member of Watch Tower Baptist Church in Buckner,Virginia. She was educated in the public school system of Louisa County at the Louisa Training School.
Wilma is survived by three dedicated daughters, Theresa Coleman and Whitney Coleman of Mineral, Virginia, and Jewel Mason of Keswick, Virginia; three grandchildren, Lawrence Kincaid Coleman of Mineral, Virginia, Andre William Mason (Rhonda) of Mechanicsville, Virginia, and Janelle Crystal Mason of Norfolk, Virginia; one special great-granddaughter, Olivia Lauren Mason of Mechanicsville, Virginia.
She is also survived by two sisters, Clienth Graves (Ernest Sr.) and Madeline Mickens (Gordon); three brothers, Morris Johnson (Elanora), Kenneth Johnson (Eavon), and Julian "Carol" Johnson. Also, she has 13 nieces and 14 nephews, extended family and friends; her devoted friends, Loretta Cosby, Alice Johnson, Louise Warden, and Dorothy Chandler; and special neighbors, Chris Woodson and Arthur "Jack Rabbit" Mallory.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Laurel Hill Baptist Church, 7652 Kentucky Spring Road, Mineral, Virginia. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
D. D. Watson Mortician Inc., Louisa, handled the arrangements. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.ddwatsonmortician.com.