Johnny Lee Coates

Johnny Coates

Funeral services for Mr. Johnny Lee Coates, Sr., of Dudley, will be held on Friday, June 28, at 11:00 AM at the Brown Chapel Baptist Church, 1600 Lovett Road in East Dublin. Reverend Eric Carswell will officiate. Interment will follow in the Lovett Mission Cemetery.

Mr. Coates, who passed on June 20, was born on April 26, 1967, in Dublin to the late Mirium Coates and Joe Louis Coates. He joined the Brown Chapel Baptist Church at an early age and graduated from West Laurens High School. He received a degree in Microcomputer Specialist programming from Heart of Georgia Technical College and also attended Brewton-Parker College.

Mr. Coates served in the United States Army from 1986-1990 and received an honorable discharge. He was preceded in death by a brother, Javis Lydell Coates.

Mr. Coates is survived by his father, Joe L. (Frankie) Coates; wife, Leslie Coates of Columbus; two children, Johnny Lee Coates, Jr., and Angelica Shinea Coates both of Columbus; his unborn grandchild; brother, Sammy Lee (Nicole) Coates of Dublin; niece, Meaushia Coates; two nephews, Javis Coates, Tyus Raines all of Eastman; two step-brothers, Gregory (Denise) Barnes, Franklin (Joyce) Barnes of Winter Haven, Florida; three step-sisters, Connie (Leslie) Autery, Polk City, Florida, Debra Barnes and Stacy (Charles) Murray of Dublin and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

The family will receive friends at 731 Hwy 338 in Dudley and at the Dudley Funeral Home on Thursday from 7 until 8 PM.

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