Elizabeth Redd Coes

Elizabeth Redd Coes -UNADILLA - Mrs. Elizabeth Redd Coes was born on July 7, 1945 in Bibb County, Macon, Georgia to the parentage of the late Deacon Hayward Redd, Sr. and the late Sister Jimmie Lee Brown Redd. She answered the call of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, February 22, 2003 in the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia after a very brief illness. -At an early age, she joined the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church of Macon, Georgia. She was a very active member from childhood through her adult life. She served in the Sunday School, BTU, Youth Department, Senior Choir and performed other Christian duties. She attended the Bibb County Public Schools and was a graduate of the Peter G. Appling High School where she played basketball. She attended the Macon area vocational and technical school, the Theological Seminary of Macon and many other seminars and workshops in both her Christian and Professional life. -She worked as a Salesperson for Joycine's of Macon and the Medical Center of Central Georgia Physical Therapy Department for 15 plus years. In 1969 she met Mr. Alvie Coes Jr. of Dooly County while he was an apprentice working in a local funeral home. On December 19, 1970, they joined in holy matrimony. They both continued to work in the church and serving the community in many ways. -In 1973, they moved to Jeffersonville, Georgia, where they co-founded and operated the Community Chapel Funeral Home. On December 5, 1974 their first child was born, Alvita Elizabeth Coes. This was a joyous time for the family. A few years later, they moved back to Macon. In 1983, they moved to Dooly County, Unadilla, Georgia, where they established and operated the Alvie Coes Funeral Home for the past 20 years. -After moving to Unadilla, she joined the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Pinehurst, Georgia, where she served as Senior Mission President, Sunday School Teacher, Pastor's Aid, Program Committee and in many other areas where needed. She was a school bus driver with the Dooly County Broad of Education, Substitute Teacher, employed with the University of Georgia/Dooly County 4-H as a certified Program Assistant. This was her heart, helping children be what they can be. -Mrs. Coes was a member of the Dooly County NAACP where she served as Treasurer, Dooly County Planning and Zoning Board, American Cancer Society Board, Keep Vienna Beautiful Commission, Vice Chairman of Unadilla Housing Authority, Citizens Bank Advisory Committee, Downturn Development Authority, Dooly County Recreation Board, the Georgia Union Missionary Baptist Association, Women Auxiliary Department, Georgia Union First District, Field Worker for the Association, Sunday School and BTU Congress, the Association Witness March, Dooly County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and worked as a poll worker of the Dooly County Election Board. -She helped to sponsor and support many civic and social charities including the St. Jude Hospital for Children. She was co-owner and Secretary of Alvie Coes Funeral Home, Unadilla, Georgia. She was recognized as Who's Who in Georgia by then Lt. Gov. Pierre Howard and in 2001 honored as Professional Women of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. -Liz was a lovable and outgoing person. No one was a stranger to her. She tried to help anyone in need, always going that extra mile in her service. She lived a respectable life with her family whom she loved very much. -She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Sara Redd Troutman, two brothers, Hayward Redd, Jr. and James Redd. She leaves to cherish her loving memories, a loving husband, Mr. Alvie Coes, Jr.,; two beautiful children, Miss Alvita Elizabeth Coes and Master Alvie Coes, III, both of Unadilla; a loving sister, Mrs. Doretha (Lynn) Ross of Stone Mountain; a devoted brother, Rev. Dennis Denise) Redd of Powder Springs, GA; a host of devoted nieces and nephews; three uncles: Mr. Marvin Brown of Jeffersonville, Mr. Dennis Brown of New Jersey and Mr. John Hobgood of Columbus, OH; three aunts, Mrs. Essie B. Walls and Mrs. Gladys Hobgood, both of Columbus, OH and Mrs. Irene Brown of Jefferson; a loving godmother, Mrs. Gassie Tenes of Vienna; other sisters and brothers-in-law: Mrs. Qwendolyn Redd of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. John (Earlene) Lester of Vienna and Rev. and Mrs. Eddie L. (Margaret) Burnette of San Antonio, TX; a host of cousins, other relatives and many, many sorrowing and beloved friends. -Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 8, 2003 in the Dooly County High School Gymnasium in Vienna, Georgia at 12 Noon, The family will receive friends at the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Peaceful Road, Pinehurst, Georgia on Thursday, March 6, 2003 from 6:00 until 8:00P.M. The body will be placed in the gymnasium on Saturday at 10A.M. Repast ad Fellowship will be in the high school cafeteria after the service. Entombment will be in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Pinehurst. Rev. J. C. Baker will officiate. -The family may be contacted at 2715 Pine Street, Unadilla or Alvie Coes Funeral Home in Unadilla. -In lieu of flowers donations can be made in her memory to Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Building Fund, P. O. Box 37, Pinehurst, Georgia and /or Elizabeth Coes Memorial Fund, Dooly County 4-H, 209C W. Union Street, Vienna, GA 31092. -Alvie Coes Funeral Home in Unadilla has charge of arrangements. Elizabeth Coes