Welcome to our Blog

In our blog, we share resources and information that families in our community can use to cope with their loss or better understand their grief. We also write about ways we have been involved in the community. Check out our latest posts below.

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Remembering the widowed on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Communications | 2 Comments
Posted under Grief, People

By Kathy Brummett Coleman Funeral Home   Eighteen years ago, I was spending Valentine’s Day alone just a few short months after my husband passed away. I was not expecting this holiday, one centered around love and relationships, to be a particularly joyful one. I was proven wrong by an 18-year-old boy who chose to […]

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Saying Goodbye to a Legend – Coach John Howard Vaught

Posted on by Jeremy Roberts | Leave a comment
Posted under 15 Year Anniversary (2004-2019), Celebration of Life, Community, People

Saying Goodbye to a Legend Written by Jeremy Roberts John Vaught is truly a legend at The University of Mississippi. Many people say he is our version of Alabama’s Bear Bryant, but to us – he is our football king. Vaught coached the Rebels for 25 seasons and led them to three national championships (1959, […]

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Coleman Funeral Home Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Jeremy Roberts | Leave a comment
Posted under Community, Events

Special events planned throughout 2019 Coleman Funeral Home is marking its 15th year of service to the Oxford-Lafayette Community with a series of special events planned throughout 2019. As the year begins, Glenn Coleman, co-owner and funeral director, said he is reflecting upon all the families he’s had the chance to serve since the funeral […]

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New products preserve memories

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Jeremy Roberts | Leave a comment
Posted under Celebration of Life

Coleman offers new option to keep loved ones close   A commitment to keeping the memories of loved ones alive has driven a new partnership between Coleman Funeral Home and Judy Wood, owner of Cotton Wood Designs. Judy Wood specializes in hand-creating unique designs out of a loved one’s clothing which she carefully crafts onto […]

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Coleman Funeral Home breaks ground on new Southaven facility

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Jeremy Roberts | 2 Comments
Posted under Community, Uncategorized

Construction to be completed in Fall 2019   Construction on Coleman Funeral Home’s new Southaven facility has begun. The 6,500-square-foot custom facility is expected to be completed in Fall 2019. The new funeral home, to be positioned on three and a half acres, will be located on Star Landing Road East directly in front of DeSoto […]

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