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Submitted: 8/26/22 • Approved: 8/30/22 • Last Updated: 9/2/22 • R1444755-G0-S3
April 28, 1922 - June 15, 2013
CLIFFORD (C.L.) COLEMAN PASSED AWAY SATURDAY JUNE 15 IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. HE WAS BORN IN JESSIEVILLE, AR IN 1922.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 68 YEARS, EUNICE MOORE-COLEMAN, DAUGHTER, PATRICIA JOAN COLEMAN OF HOT SPRINGS. ONE GRANDDAUGHTER PATRICIA EUNICE CARLEEN BOATMAN OF KANSAS. TWO GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS CHELSA FARMER, CASSIDY HAMPTON AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON TYLER HAMPTON OF HOT SPRINGS.
HIS SURVIVING SISTERS ARE JEWELL GOLDEN, OF HOT SPRINGS; SHIRLEY RAMSAY, BARBARA SAUNDERS AND HELEN WRIGHT OF ARIZONA; MARIA CHURCH OF INDIANA.
HIS SURVIVING BROTHERS ARE OLEN COLEMAN OF TEXAS AND HARRY FENTRESS OF OKLAHOMA.
C.L. WAS PRECEEDED BY A GRAND- SON, CLIFFORD WILLIAM GLENN McMILIAN; BROTHERS LAUDELL COLEMAN, DONALD LEE COLEMAN, DOUG "WHITEY" COLEMAN, BILL FENTRESS AND A SISTER IMOGENE HUGHEN.
DURING WW II, HE WORKED AS ONE OF THE "LITTLE PEOPLE" DOING SPECIALIZED WORK NEEDED INSIDE THE TIGHT PLACES IN THE PLANES. THESE INCLUDED THE A-26, B-17 AND SEVERAL OTHER BOMBERS USED DURING THE WAR.
HE AND EUNICE MOVED TO ST. LOUIS AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH McDONNELL AIRCRAFT. HE WORKED IN THE MOCK-UP DEPARTMENT MAKING MANY WORKING WOODEN SCALE MODELS OF PLANES. SOME OF THESE MODEL PLANES ARE IN THE SMITHSONIAN MUSUEM. HE ALSO WORKED ON ALL THE SPACE PROGRAMS. BESIDES MODEL PLANES HE OFTEN CANE HOME AND BUILT FURNITURE. TWO ITEMS ARE MADE OUT OF 125 YEAR OLD WALNUT WITH NO NAILS OR SCREWS AND MINIMAL GLUE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN HE RETIRED FROM McDONNELL-DOUGLAS; HE MOVED TO HOT SPRINGS. HE HELPED HIS BROTHER, DOUG, REMODEL A HOUSE INCLUDING LAYING STONE AND REBUILD ENGINES. HE CONTINUED WOODWORKING, CHOPPED FIREWOOD, MOW HIS YARD, FUSSED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT HAVE A GARDEN AND COLLECTED ALUMINIM CANS FOR FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH TO USE IN THEIR BRAILLE PROGRAMS.
ALL WHO KNEW HIM LOVED HIM FOR HIS GRACIOUNESS, GENERIOSITY, FAIR TREATMENT, AND HIS ZEST OF LIFE.
HE WILL BE MISSED HERE. BUT HEAVEN HAS GOTTEN A GREAT ANGEL TO RING A BELL FOR.
INSTEAD OF FLOWERS PLEASE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOT SPRINGS.
A VISITATION WILL BE FROM 6:00-8:00 P.M. THURSDAY AT GROSS FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH WITH BURIAL TO FOLLOW AT MEMORIAL GARDENS.
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Contributed on 8/26/22 by debbraszymanski
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