| | Coates was first married in 1961 in Monroe to the former Charlotte Bernice Jolissaint (born 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/charlotte-jolissaint/e82537540056|title=Charlotte Bueche|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref>, since Charlotte Bueche. Her parents were Richard C. "Dick" Jolissaint (1904-1988), who formerly ran unsuccessfully for mayor of West Monroe,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11050942/richard-c-jolissaint|title=Richard C. Jolissaint|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref> and the former Wilma B. Ragland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11050945/wilma-b-jolissaint|title=Wilma B. Jolissaint|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref> | | Coates was first married in 1961 in Monroe to the former Charlotte Bernice Jolissaint (born 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/charlotte-jolissaint/e82537540056|title=Charlotte Bueche|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref>, since Charlotte Bueche. Her parents were Richard C. "Dick" Jolissaint (1904-1988), who formerly ran unsuccessfully for mayor of West Monroe,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11050942/richard-c-jolissaint|title=Richard C. Jolissaint|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref> and the former Wilma B. Ragland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11050945/wilma-b-jolissaint|title=Wilma B. Jolissaint|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2021}}</ref> |
| − | Coates' former wife, Charlotte Bueche, is or has been a [[real estate]] agent in Altamonte Springs, near [[Orlando]], [[Florida]]. In 1981, Coates wed Jonica Coates. From the first marriage, he had four children, Guy Coates, III, Jennifer Anne Coates, and Rebecca Riviello and her husband, Albert Joseph Riviello, all of Orlando, and Wilma L. Bell and her husband, Timothy of Sugar Hill, [[Georgia]]. He had four grandchildren: Leah, Blaine and Grace Bell and Ryan Riviello. There was no funeral service because his death came near the peak of the [[coronavirus]] pandemic.<ref name=obit/> | + | Coates' former wife, Charlotte Bueche, is or has been a [[real estate]] agent in Altamonte Springs, near [[Orlando]], [[Florida]]. She is married to Steve J. Bueche. In 1981, Coates wed Jonica Coates. From the first marriage, he had four children, Guy Coates, III, Jennifer Anne Coates, and Rebecca Riviello and her husband, Albert Joseph Riviello, all of Orlando, and Wilma L. Bell and her husband, Timothy of Sugar Hill, [[Georgia]]. He had four grandchildren: Leah, Blaine and Grace Bell and Ryan Riviello. There was no funeral service because his death came near the peak of the [[coronavirus]] pandemic.<ref name=obit/> |