Anna Laura Smith Coleman

April 7, 1923 - December 11, 2019

Anna Laura Smith Coleman (Nana) passed away peacefully at her home on December 11, 2019. She was born in Homerville, Georgia, April 7, 1923, to Charles Kibbee and Olive Lanier Smith. Raised in Pineview, Ga, Nana was the youngest of nine siblings. She married Cranston R. “Rip” Coleman, who preceded her in death. They had three children: Michael L Coleman of Memphis, Jennifer Treadwell & husband, Tim of Germantown, and Rip Coleman, Jr & wife, Sandy of Niceville, Fl. Nana is survived by her 3 children, her 5 grandchildren, her 10 great-grandchildren, and her 2 great-great granddaughters. Nana loved her lord and savior and was proud of all of her progeny. Nana had a life-long passion for poetry and music and her friends and family will always remember her favorite poems and songs, which she recited and sang often in her later years. Along with her husband, who was a career US Army paratrooper, Nana lived all over the world, including Japan and Germany, before settling in Memphis in 1957. Even after all her travels, Nana cherished her roots and remained a proud Georgia Peach. She never met a stranger and had a wonderful sense of humor, which she shared easily. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. December 23, 2019 at Christ United Methodist Church, with visitation at 10 a.m. Internment will be 1:15 p.m. at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Christ United Methodist Church. Condolences may be left at www.canalefuneraldirectors.com