Gaynell M. Coleman's Obituary
Gaynell Mallory Coleman, 99, of Holiday, Florida, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Gaynell graduated from the University of Kentucky and taught home economics in Falmouth, Kentucky for a year before she married Rev. Robert E. Coleman, Jr. A devout Christian, she spent her life serving our Lord and others. The “Quintessential Minister’s Wife and Entertainer”, Gaynell enjoyed hosting each Sunday School class every year in their home and calling on shut-ins every week in addition to having friends and family over regularly. She wrote the “The Circle Hour” for over 20 years which kept the church members connected and informed before social media. Gaynell was a church organist from the time she was a teenager until one month before she died. Serving as the organist at First Christian Churches of Clearwater and Dunedin, she also worked as the organist and secretary at Moss Feaster Funeral Homes. She was a member of First Christian Church, Red Hat Society and the Seville Ladies Group. If she wasn’t entertaining and serving others, she was found in the pool at Seville swimming laps and basking in the sun! Gaynell stayed active all of her life and led “Sing a Longs” at Harborwood Nursing Home and at Sunshine Christian Home where she resided the last 6 years.
Gaynell is preceded in death by her parents, John Thurman Mallory and Laura Elizabeth Louise Robertson Mallory, husband Rev. Robert E. Coleman, Jr. daughters Karen Ronell Stegemoller, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and son Robert Edward Coleman III.
She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Cheri Coleman Wiggins (Steve) of Columbus, Indiana, grandsons Robert E. Coleman, IV (Cara) of New Port Richey, Florida, Aaron Todd Stegemoller (Lucy) of Groveland, Florida, Florida, Cary David Stegemoller (Kelly) of Richmond, Kentucky, granddaughters Elizabeth Ann Taylor (Elijah) of Louisville, Kentucky, Rebecca Michele Winter (Thad) of Fort Wayne, Indiana and 10 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be 1:00 – 2:00 pm Saturday at First Christian Church of Clearwater 2299 Drew Street, Clearwater. The funeral service will take place at 2:00 pm Saturday at First Christian Church of Clearwater. Burial will immediately take place at Sylvan Abbey Cemetery on Sunset Point Road.
Donations in her honor may be made to First Christian Church of Clearwater.
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