Patrick Thomas (P.T.) Coleman with his wife Lillie and children (l-r) Billy Lee, Betty, and Patricia June, c. 1932-1934, pose with a basket of gladiolas as they stand in front of the parsonage of the First Baptist Church of which P.T. was the pastor. In January 1941, tragedy struck the family as little Billy disappeared in the woods around the Viola area as the family was visiting the Kidder family. He has never been found or his fate known.
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