- Date Of Birth: August 2, 1927
- Date Of Death: November 8, 2019
- State: Arkansas
Mamie Demarise Coulter Freeman
August 2, 1927 – November 8, 2019
Mamie Demarise Coulter Freeman, 92, of Sheridan, Arkansas was born August 2, 1927 in Sheridan, AR to George Lloyd Coulter, Sr. and Letha Malone Coulter. She took her first breath in heaven November 8, 2019 surrounded by loved ones at Crown Point Retirement Center. She struggled with congestive heart failure and cancer; she won she went home to Jesus. She met and married Fred Edward Freeman in 1946; he died April 12, 1989. They were blessed with six children. She was preceded in death by two sons, Andy Alfred, March 1954, Neil Stephen October, 2017, her parents, four brothers, Nathan Malone Coulter, Wilford Marion Coulter, Lloyd Coulter, and Rev. Harold Joe Coulter; one daughter-in-law, Carolyn Reagan Freeman, two nephews, Mike Coulter, Jerry Freeman; one niece, Gail Coulter, and two sisters-in-law, Jan and Dean Coulter. She is survived by one daughter, Jeanette and husband Jim Munds of Sheridan, three sons, Joe Edward Freeman and wife Sheila of Camden, AR., John Melvin Freeman of Clermont, FL, Dennis Freeman and wife Cheryl of Tull, AR; two sisters, Dixie Simpson of Sheridan, Sylvia Fry and husband Roger of Grand Prairie, Texas; two brothers, Gayle Coulter of Duncanville, TX, Rev Glen Coulter and wife Dutchie of Palo Alto, CA; two sisters-in-law, Janice Coulter of Dallas, TX, and Sue Coulter of Memphis, TN.; seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one great great grandson, eight nieces and thirteen nephews.
She began her life as the eldest of nine children. As the oldest much responsibility was given to her in the daily care of her siblings. It was well known on the school playground that if you bothered a Coulter kid you would deal with big sister. She was a protector; she was a caregiver and a friend to her brothers and sisters. She felt a deep commitment toward her siblings and was so frustrated when life was taken from her four brothers; she felt as the oldest it should have been her and it hurt her deeply that she could not take their place. As devoted as she was to her siblings she was more so to her children. She was determined that each would get an education, they did, they would have valued manners and good character, they do, but most of all they would know her Savior on a first name basis, a true relationship. She became a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in 1956. Each service whether it be Sunday morning, Sunday evening or Wednesday night, you would find her on the fourth pew from the front on the right-hand side of the church. She would be holding the baby in her arms, and then on her left side would be the next youngest to the oldest. No fidgeting was allowed, no whispering or poking. If you were under five you could get by with going to sleep but over five you sat straight with your hands in your lap. You learned very early to bow your head and somehow, she always knew if you looked up, or touched the one next to you and we never knew how she knew this with her eyes closed until we became parent s ourselves.Sunday School lesson and praying for her church especially her Sunday School class, she loved the Willing Workers Class.
