Son In Laws

We have an interesting anomaly in our family. Two of the Paul sisters married brothers, James and Fred Coleman of St. Louis. Here they are pictured left to right. These are their remembrances of Robert Paul.

Tough!
By Fred Coleman

No need to ask if the man is tough
Raising eight kids you know it got rough
A lesser man might have got his hat
But we all know he ain't that kind of cat
His raising eight encourage me to see it through
Hell, I think it's tough and I only got two
Could have had more to spend if he was the selfish kind
But money can't buy his peace of mind
Days like this make it all worthwhile
Getting compliments from his most rebellious child
Summing up how he got through all those days
He will tell you he prayed and he stayed

Fred “Buck” Coleman is married to Winifred Syneatha, the sixth child. They have two children, Marcus Jari Coleman and Marci J. Coleman. Jari graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia with a degree in information technology.


Coffee Time
James F. Coleman, Sr.
One night, I will say about 20 years ago, we were all sitting around in the den and Daddy Robert decided to get up and go in the kitchen and in a few minutes he called Fred and me.
During that time he was not cooking, etc but he said,

“I made us coffee and we can sit around and chat.” He had Mama Sarah’s best china and he had the best silverware and we sat at the table and he came and sat down and had his cup of coffee in his hand. He started drinking and we were just talking while he was sipping his coffee. Fred and I were sitting there with empty cups and we nodded at each other but both were afraid to say, "Where is our coffee?"

So we picked our cups up but never went to our mouth and it donned on him that he had not served us with coffee. He fell to the floor on his knees laughing. It was so hilarious I will never forget that setting!

James Farrell Coleman is married to Edith Coleman. James and his brother Fred knew how to insure that the sister in laws had something in common, so they married sisters!