JAMES P. COLEMAN

TAMMS, Ill. -- James P. Coleman, 71, of Jacksonville, Fla., and formerly of Tamms, died Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996, at the Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville.

He was born Jan. 1, 1925, son of James J. and Estella Hargis Coleman.

He was a World War II veteran and a retired mental health technician from the Jacksonville Development Center.

His wife, Grace Durham Coleman, preceded him in death.

He is survived by a daughter, Lois Riggs of Astoria, Ill.; three brothers, Millard Coleman of Jacksonville, Fla., Eugene and Dave Coleman, both of Tamms; four sisters, Ruth Jackson of Chillicothe, Ill, Naomi Harris of Metropolis, Bertha Cline of Tamms, and Arietta Farthing of Red Bud.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Schaefer-Cody Funeral Home in Meredosia, Ill. Burial will follow at the Oakland Cemetery, also in Meredosia.

Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home from 4 to 6 p.m.