Earnest Coates Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Earnest Coates of Saluda, South Carolina, born in Edgefield, South Carolina, who passed away at the age of 65, on October 18, 2021. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Earnest Coates or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Hattie Jones Coates of Edgefield, SC and Claude Coates, Jr.; his son Shaquille Coates; his brother Bobby Coates; his sons, Gerard Brown (Arshiko) of Louisiana and Dominick Coates of Greenwood, SC; his stepdaughter Monifa Thomas; his siblings, Shirley Coates (Willie) of Aiken, SC, Rosetta Williams of Edgefield, SC, Jessie Coleman of Edgefield, SC, Edward Coates of Edgefield, SC, Claude Coates, III of Edgefield, SC, Richard Coates (Miranda) of Edgefield, SC, Freddie Coates of Columbia, SC, James Coates (Ida) of Saluda, SC, George Coates of Saluda, SC and Thomas Coates of Johnston, SC; his sister-in-law Marva H. Coates of Columbia, SC; and his aunts, Shirley Moore of Edgefield, SC and Queenie Copeland of Ridge Spring, SC. He was also cherished by nieces, nephews, other relatives and sorrowing friends.
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