This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------28D4CBADE0C3C0A68C4515DB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 [email protected] --------------28D4CBADE0C3C0A68C4515DB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="coatsd27.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="coatsd27.txt" Obituaries: David Benjamin Coates, 1927, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. From: February 29, 1927 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American or The Comrade or Southern Sentinel (not sure) D. B. Coates, Former Winnfield Citizen Victim Auto Accident A telegram was received Tuesday by H. C. Riser, telling of the death of his brother in law, D. B. Coates, in Los Angeles, California, as a result of an automobile accident at 8:30 p.m. Monday. The news was a distinct shock to Winnfield where for so many years Mr. Coates was one of the foremost citizens and his old friends regret his unfortunate and untimely death. When a very young man, David Benjamin Coates came to Winnfield and secured employment in the office of the Comrade, at that time owned by B. W. Bailey and later purchased by The Southern Sentinel. His clean cut and forceful editorials on the issues of that time marked him as a man of high intelligence and prophesied for him a successful career in the newspaper realm. Upon leaving Winnfield, Mr. Coates went to Longview, Texas where he operated successfully for a number of years when he sold this paper and purchased another in Forney, Texas. About five years ago he went to Los Angeles where he again engaged in newspaper work, continuing until his death last Monday. Mr. Coates is survived by his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Josie Magee, and nine children. They are Magee, who is married and lives in Los Angeles; Bennie, George, Iley, Josie, Clara Choice, Ella Belle, and James Ferguson. --------------28D4CBADE0C3C0A68C4515DB--