Henry LaRue Coleman
b. 22 October 1891, d. 7 June 1942
- Henry LaRue Coleman was born on 22 October 1891 in Plano, Collin County, Texas.
- He married Mary Allise Pegues, daughter of Oliver Hazard Pegues and Emma Overton.
- Henry LaRue Coleman died on 7 June 1942 at age 50 in Kaufman County, Texas, near Forney.
- His wife Mary Allise Pegues became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.
- The following appeared on 8 June 1942 in The Dallas Morning News: H. LaRue Coleman, 50, of 5916 Swiss, manager of the Coleman Publishing Company, and Mrs. Athol L. Frew, 50, of 6938 Shook, were killed Sunday in an automobile collision near Forney in which Mrs. Coleman and Dr. Frew, prominent dentist, were injured.
The two couples were passengers in an automobile involved in a collision with a truck about 7 p.m. they were returning to Dallas after a fishing trip to Ferndale Club Lake near Pittsburg.
Dr. Frew and Mrs. Coleman were taken to a Terrell hospital. Both were seriously hurt but hospital attendants said their exact injuries had not been determined. Reports were that the driver of the truck was not injured.
Coleman is the son of Robert H. Coleman, assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church, who received word of the accident only a few minutes before he was to have led the singing for the Sunday night service at the church. He was born at Plano and had lived in Dallas for a number of years, being associated with his father in the Coleman Publishing Company.
He was secretary of the Knife and Fork Club, and was a 32d degree mason and a Shriner.
In addition to his wife and father he is survived by two daughters, Emma Jeane Coleman, Dallas; a son, Robert O. Coleman, now at an officers training camp for chemical warfare at Aberdeen, Md., and a sister, Mrs. D. T. Hamilton, Dallas. . . .
- Last Edited: 13 Feb 2015