Mary Sue Coleman

Mrs. Mary Sue Vaughn Coleman passed away on August, 22, 2014. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted at Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Wilkinson County on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at 4:30PM. The family will be at the Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville on Sunday from 3-4PM to receive friends. Mrs. Coleman was a native of Milledgeville and grew up in Wilkinson County. She was the daughter of the late James H. and Mary Frances Deason Vaughn. She Graduated from Wilkinson Co. High School and then received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Georgia College and State University. She then earned a Specialist Education Degree from Georgia College in 1987. Mrs. Coleman had 30 years teaching experience in the Baldwin County Public School System where she was teacher of the year for Carver Elementary School, Boddie Middle School as well as for Baldwin County before being a finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year. She worked in Blandy Hills Elementary School and the Central Office for the School Board where she was the Elementary Curriculum Director, K-12 Gifted Program Director. She also taught Elementary Education courses at Georgia College and State University. She was involved with the Middle Georgia Art Association, Friends of Macon-Bibb County Libraries, Baldwin Co. Retired Educators Association, Georgia Retired Educators Association, Wilkinson County Historical Society, The United Daughters of Confederacy with 10 Descendants all from Wilkinson County, The Daughters of the American Revolution with 3 decendants all from Wilkinson County, The Order of the Confederate Rose, the National Ladies Auxillary Sons of the American Revolution, and the Point Lookout Prison of War Descendants Organization with 1 decendant from Wilkinson County. She was a former member of the Milledgeville/Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce, former Board Member of the Milledgeville Main Street, and Board member of the Cox Woodland Children’s Home in Baldwin County. She is Survived by her husband Craig Coleman of Milledgeville, Children- Wendy (Allen) Martin of Milledgeville and their children Taylor and Jamie, and Susan (William) Parham of Sanford, N.C. and their children Will, Ryan, Cason, and Anna.

Mary Sue Coleman

June 25, 1948 - August 22, 2014