Curtis Lynn Coleman1,2,3,4

M, b. March 3, 1941, d. June 23, 1963
FatherHorace Traville Coleman1,2,4,5 b. April 29, 1907, d. August 26, 1951
MotherLillian Clair Smith1,2,4,5 b. December 20, 1918, d. November 13, 2012
     Curtis Lynn Coleman was buried at Lawson Webb Cemetery, Dothan, Fayette Co., West Virginia.1,3 His Social Security Number was 233-66-2080.1 He was born on March 3, 1941 at Dothan, Fayette Co., West Virginia.1,2,3,4 He died on June 23, 1963 at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at age 22.1,2,3 He A 22-year-old Boiling Springs man was killed and a passenger was seriously injured at 11 p.m. yesterday when their car struck an embankment on the Boiling Springs - Mt. Holly Springs Road. The accident happened about a mile west of Boiling Springs, State police reported. Curtis Lynn Coleman, of the Fetrow Apartments, Third Street, Boiling Springs, was dead on arrival of an ambulance at the Carlisle Hospital at 11:22 p.m. Coroner E. A. Haegele said death was due to a fractured skull. Police reported Coleman was traveling west on the Boiling Springs - Mt. Holly Springs Road when he lost control of the car. The car veered off the road and struck an embankment and then careened to the other side of the highway. Both Coleman and Hoffman were thrown out of the vehicle. Coleman was born on Mar. 3. 1941, at Dothan, W. Va., the son of Mrs. Lillian Smith Coleman, Boiling Springs, and the late Traville H. Coleman. He was employed at the Dillsburg plant of the Gettysburg Shoe Company. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, Melvin; and Miss Rita Coleman, all at home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Gretchen Smith, Dothan. on June 24, 1963.2

Citations

  1. [S4652] Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964.
  2. [S9374] Sentinel, The, From the Jun 24, 1963 edition.
  3. [S14100] Lawson Webb Cemetery, Fayette Co., WV, online www.findagrave.com.
  4. [S5627] FamilySearch, West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938.
  5. [S1863] Beckley Post Herald, From the Horace Traville Coleman obituary in the Aug 28, 1951 edition.