MARY COATES, 88, RESIDENT OF CARRIER MILLS NURSING HOME DIED THERE ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 2010 AT 2:05 AM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY OCTOBER 30, 2010 AT 1 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTER 11 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN LITTLE SALINE CEMETERY IN STONEFORT, IL AND THE REVEREND KEITH BUNFILL WILL OFFICIATE. SHE WAS BORN ON MAY 29, 1922 IN STONEFORT, IL TO THE LATE RAY AND EDITH (MARTIN) PARKS. SHE WAS MARRIED TO WALLACE “BUSTER” EDMONDS WHOM PRECEDED IN DEATH. SHE THEN MARRIED RED COATES AND HE ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE STONEFORT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON: DAN AND DEBRA EDMONDS OF NAPLES, FLORIDA AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DE3ATH BY HER PARENTS, HUSBANDS, AND 2 SISTERS: ZENOBIA HOOVEN AND MILDRED COBB