Eva H. Coles, 73, of Midway died Saturday, February 7, 1998, in Ohio Valley Hospital, Kennedy Township. Mrs. Coles was a housekeeper for several local families for many years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of McDonald, where she was a deaconess, treasurer of the Missionary Society, a senior missionary choir member and a member of Mary Chapter 24 of P.H.A.O.E.S. She also was a member of McDonald Senior Citizen Center. On June 19, 1948, she married Walter "Buddy" Coles Sr., who survives. Also surviving are a son, Walter T. Coles Jr. of Chicago, Ill.; three sisters, Barbara A. Edmonds of McDonald, Evelyn Hicks of Slovan and Cordelia Hereford of Danville, Va.; and a grandson, Walter T. Coles III. Deceased are two brothers, Willie T. Harper and Royal Douglas Harper; and a sister, Ruth Harper, who died at birth. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Monday, February 9, 1998Eva H. Coles
Member of McDonald First Baptist Church
She was born April 10, 1924, in Danville, Va., a daughter of Thomas Judson and Matilda Susan Redd Harper.