Biography:

Telephone operator; hotel manager. Born–December 12, 1908, Harpersville. Parents– James Simpson Newman and Jessie Married– Royal M. Coats, May 2, 1942. Children– One. with her husband, managed hotels in Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida. After Mr. Coats died she lived at Harpersville. Died May 29, 2001.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service and at Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Publication(s):

The Old Rocking Chair. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1967.