Willie Edward Coman

Mr. Willie Edward Jones entered his earthly life on March 1, 1954, in Iuka, MS born to the late Walter “Jonas” Coman and Elsie Kelt Johnson.

Willie left his earthly life behind on May 6, 2026, at Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield, AL. Willie, better known by his family and friends as “Sonny Boy attended school in Cherokee, AL and Iuka, MS where he was on the football team. Willie was a faith-filled man and, for many years, was a member of Jones Chapel CME Church in Iuka.

Willie is not only loved and cherished by his biological family, but also the family he was a part of at Northeast MS Medical Center (Iuka Hospital) where he was employed for over 30 years. Willie was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; James “Boonie” Johnson and Raymond Earl Johnson; one sister, Lorene Beechum; and close brother-in-law, George Dean Rogers.

Left to cherish Sonny’s memories are his faithful wife of 48 years, Lucy A. Rogers Coman, one son; Kevin Randolph Seay of Milwaukee, WI; two grandsons, Orion and Sean Gill, both of Milwaukee, WI, four great- grandchildren; two sisters, Alene Brewer, Florence, Al; Marilyn Mitchell, Michigan City, IN; three brothers Billie Joe Shannon Shumpert, Chris Shannon Shumpert, and Sammie Shannon, all of Fulton, MS; two sisters-in-law, Gwendolyn Jones and Annie P. Elliott, a special brother-in-law, Robert Brewer and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and great friends. Sonny had many who were like siblings to him, including Bryson Davis, Andrew Dilworth Jr., Myron Mitchell, Elsie and Stella Dilworth, Bobby Joe and Betty Shannon.

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