Margaret Hall Coman
November 30, 1918 ~ August 21, 2001
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mrs. Coman was born in Candler, was a daughter of the late Hoke S. and Olive Hyatt Hall, and was married to James Howell Coman who died in 1957.
She was a graduate of Candler High School, Biltmore College, and the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She continued her education at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She retired in 1983 from the Buncombe County Department of Social Services after 43 years service, the last 23 years as Director.
She is survived by one son, James Hall Coman and his wife Jennie; one granddaughter Sarah Kate Coman; and one sister, Bernice Clark Queen.
Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Montmorenci United Methodist Church with the Rev. Daniel J. Lyons officiating.
Private interment will be at Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville.
Her family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service and request that memorials be made to Montmorenci United Methodist Church, PO Box 610, Candler, NC 28715.
Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is in charge of the arrangements.
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Jim, your mother was a lady and a dedicated servant and loved you, Jennie and Sarah Kate dearly.
–John and Dot
My sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of Margaret. She was an inspiration to me and many other DSS Directors
throughout the state of North Carolina.
Lois Ray
To Jim Coman:
Jim,
My deepest sympathies on the passing of your Mom. I have very fond memories of her, the plates of vegetables she always ate at dinner (incredible to a young kid), her driving us to school all those days at Ira B. Jones and so on. Your Mom was quite a terrific woman. All the best at this difficult time. Marc Sandman
I am sure that my husband Ed Neves would join me in expressing my sympathy to Margaret’s family and friends. She will be remembered fondly by both of us. She was a very special friend of Ed’s, having been one of the County DSS Directors who worked with him as he progressed from social worker to the Western Regional Director. He is currently out of town, having left after work on Tuesday, so probably does not know of Margaret’s death.
Debby