Backhoe driver killed in collision with train

Jasper News
Jasper, Hamilton county, Florida
Published January 18th, 2007

Brian Keith Coleman, 34, of Jasper, died after the backhoe he was driving was struck by a train about 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release.
Coleman was driving a 2006 John Deere backhoe north on SE Farm Road in Lee, when he attempted to cross a railroad track in front of a train traveling west, according to the release.
The front of the train collided with the right side of the backhoe, causing Coleman to be ejected from the backhoe, the release states. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Madison County EMS.

The train continued traveling west approximately 1,722 feet before coming to a complete stop, according to the report. The driver of the train, Donald Lee Williams Jr., 37, of St. Augustine, and a passenger, Bennett Cornelius Odams, 47, of Jacksonville, were not injured, the release states. There was approximately $5,000 damage to the GE locomotive.
There was approximately $10,000 damage to the backhoe, according to the release.
No charges have been filed pending an investigation.

Funeral services for Brian Keith Coleman will be held at 2 p.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church on SR 6 in Jennings.

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Death of Helen E. (Young) Goolsby

Died - On October 31st, 2006: Mrs. Helen Edith (Young) Goolsby, in Jasper, Hamilton county, Florida.

Aunt Helen was born on December 31, 1929 in Homerville, Clinch county, Georgia and was the daughter of Peter Lester Young and Mary Belle Register. She was preceded in death by her late husband Charles William Goolsby of Jasper, Florida.
Aunt Helen is survived by Charles Lester Goolsby, her son, Ann Marie and Randy McDaniel, her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Bill Young, her brother, Sue Hill and Mary Naranjo, her sisters, and two Grandsons, and two Great-Grandsons.

Her funeral was held on November 3rd, 2006 . Officiating was the Reverend Justin Young, A Grand-Nephew of Aunt Helen. In attendance were her surviving family members and many nephews, nieces, and friends. She was interned at the Evergreen cemetery, Jasper, Hamilton county, Florida.

Source: E. Coleman, Jr., a nephew who attended the funeral.

Death of Lloyd Kingsbery

California Death Index: 1940-1997

Kingsbery, Lloyd:
Died Aug 31, 1963. Los Angeles, CA. Born in Georgia on October 26, 1910. Social Security Number: 558-22-1484. Mother’s maiden name: Coleman.


Source: California Death Index: 1940-1997 (Ancestry.com)

Research: Samuel Coleman

Samuel Coleman in the US Census in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia:


Samuel Coleman,US Census, 1790, Craven county, NC.

Samuel Coleman, US Census, 1790,Warren county, NC.

Samuel Coleman,US Census, 1790, Prince George’s Parish ,Georgetown, SC.

Intestate Bond, January 18, 1803, Columbia co., GA., Samuel Coleman — Lindsey Coleman, Chas. Ellis, John Coleman.

Samuel Colman, US Census, 1810, Williamsburg co., SC.

Samuel Coleman, 1813 Tax List, Putnam co., GA. (Putnam and Jackson counties).

Samuel Coleman, US Census, 1820, Abbeville, SC.

Samuel Coleman, US Census, 1820, Walton co., GA.

Samuel Coleman, US Census, 1830, Meriwhether co., GA.

Death of A.F. Follin

Follin, A.F. Age 61

“FOLLIN - On Friday, July 2, 1880, On the Golden Grove Plantation, Parish St. James, Dr. A.F. Follin, in the 61st year of his age, formerly a resident of Mobile, Ala.”


Source: Daily Picayune, 7-11-1880, page 8, col. 4., New Orleans, LA.

Death of Mrs. A.F. Follin

Times Picayune, 11-25-1862

“On the 24th Ult., at the residense of her mother near Mobile, Mary Adela, wife of Dr. A.F. Follin of this city.”


Source: Times Picayune, 11-25-1862, page 2, col. 5., New Orleans, LA.

Isaac Young,US Census,1820,Effingham co., GA.

US Census, 1820, Effingham co., GA.

Isaac Young - Head of Household
1 male 10 to 16 years old, 1 male 16 t0 26 years old, and 1 female 15 to 26 years old (under 26).

Source: US Census, 1820, Effingham co., GA. (Ancestry.com)