Bessie Murel Coleman

Bessie Murel Coleman, 94, of Louisville, MS., passed on Friday, September 18, 2026, at River Oaks Hospital, Jackson, MS. Funeral Services will be Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 11 a.m., at Beck Funeral Home, 226 North St., Louisville, MS. Visitation will be Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10 a.m., until the Funeral Hour. Burial will be in the Mount Sinai Church Cemetery in Louisville, Mississippi. Beck Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Coleman was born March 14, 1932 to the parents of Thomas Holmes and Mary Triplett Holmes, in Winston County Mississippi.

Mrs. Coleman was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Mary Holmes; her husband, Sylvester Coleman; her children, Johnny Ray Coleman, Bobbie Faye Coleman-Pittman and Tommy Jackie Coleman; siblings, Jessie Holmes, Ollina Holmes, Dewey Holmes, Roser Holmes, Robert J. Holmes, Deloit L. Holmes, Rosa L. Holmes, White Holmes, L. C. Holmes, Essie B. Ollie Hayden, James W. Brown Holmes, Tommie Holmes, Henry Holmes, Moses Holmes, Isaac Anderson, Rosie Holmes-Crockett, Johnny Holmes, Jacob Holmes, Jimmie T. Homees, and Ida Mae Holmes-Braggs.

Mrs. Coleman is survived by; 5 grandchildren, (Darryl, Tiffany, Demetric, Anesha, Shatosha); 15 great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Iris Hoskins and Candace Shields; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, bonus son, Billy Ray Shields and friends, who shall mourn her passings.