Daily Corinthian Newspaper, Corinth, MS dated Jan. 15, 1969
LOYD COLEMAN, FORMER DEPUTY SUCCUMBS HERE
Loyd Kenderick Coleman, farmer, former deputy sheriff of Alcorn County, a former city policemen, died at 2:30 a.m. today in Magnolia Hospital. He was 56.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coleman Memorial Chapel with the Rev. T.E. Shelton and the Rev. Leonard Jumper officiating. Burial will be in Henry Cemetery.
Born in Alcorn County, Coleman was a member of Gaines Chapel Methodist Church. He also was a member of the Mississippi Peace Officers Association.
Coleman is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Steen Coleman; two sons, Jerry Loyd Coleman and Kenneth S. Coleman, both of Corinth; a brother, Bert Coleman of Corinth; three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Meeks of Corinth, Mrs. Lillian Braddock of Meridian and Mrs. Grace Tankersley of Jackson, Tennessee; and two grandchildren.
The body will remain at Coleman Funeral Home until time for the services.