Evelyn Tate Coleman

Evelyn Tate Coleman obituary, McKenzie, TN

Evelyn Tate Coleman

Evelyn Coleman Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Dateline: McKenzie, TN Funeral services for Evelyn Coleman are Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at First Baptist Church McKenzie at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the funeral home 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. and at the church on Wednesday 10:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow at Enon Cemetery.
Mrs. Coleman, 90 years old, died on October 20, 2025, at Lakeside Senior Living. She was a hairdresser, a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church McKenzie since 1961. She was born in Milan on November 9, 1934, to Clarence and Mary Bell Kirk Tate.
She is survived by her husband Ted Coleman of McKenzie, a daughter Sharon (David) Schwab of Chattanooga, TN, two sons Bruce (Patti) Coleman of Big Sandy and Dale (Gaye Lynn) Coleman of McKenzie, a brother Jesse(Carolyn) Tate of Brentwood, eight grandchildren Elizabeth (Ross) Brodie, Sarah (Jason) Edwards, Hannah (Wes) Freeman, Abigale (Matt) Dodrill, Rebekah (Travis) Wales, Jacob (Misti) Coleman, Dakota(Lizzie) Dunn and Julian Dunn and 15 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents and two brothers Virgil Tate and James Tate.
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