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'''Earnest Guy Coates, Jr.''', known as '''Guy Coates''' (June 28, 1940 &ndash; January 12, 2021), was a [[journalist]] a 40-year correspondent for the [[Associated Press]] in his native [[Louisiana]].<ref>Earnest Coates (Guy) - Baton Rouge, LA Background Report at MyLife.com, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>

'''Earnest Guy Coates, Jr.''', known as '''Guy Coates''' (June 28, 1940 &ndash; January 12, 2021), was a [[journalist]] a 40-year correspondent for the [[Associated Press]] in his native [[Louisiana]].<ref>Earnest Coates (Guy) - Baton Rouge, LA Background Report at MyLife.com, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>

Coates was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] to Guy, Sr. (1909-1998}, and Winnie Lee Coates (1916-1981), who operated a doughnut shop. He had an older sister, Dorothy Coates Talley (1934-2012). Coates graduated from what is now the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He worked first for ''The Corpus Christi ([[Texas]]) Caller Times,''  then ''The Shreveport Times,'' and the [[CBS]] television affiliates KNOE in Monroe and KSLA in [[Shreveport]]. He joined the AP in [[New Orleans]] in 1968; five years later he was named the AP bureau chief at the state Capitol in [[Baton Rouge]]. He covered the activities of six Louisiana [[governor]], [[Jimmie Davis]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[Mike Foster]].<ref name=obit/>  

Coates was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] to Guy, Sr. (1909-1998}, and Winnie Lee Coates (1916-1981), who operated a doughnut shop. He had an older sister, Dorothy Coates Talley (1934-2012). Coates graduated from what is now the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He worked first for ''The Corpus Christi ([[Texas]]) Caller Times,''  then ''The Shreveport Times,'' and the [[CBS]] television affiliates KNOE in Monroe and KSLA in [[Shreveport]]. He joined the AP in [[New Orleans]] in 1968; five years later he was named the AP bureau chief at the state Capitol in [[Baton Rouge]]. He covered the activities of six Louisiana [[governor]], [[Jimmie Davis]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[Mike Foster]].<ref name=obit/>  

Jeremy James Alford (born 1978), the editor and publisher of ''LaPolitics Weekly'' and ''The Tracker,'' the leading trade publications for elected officials, campaign professionals, and donors in Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jeremy-alford/e6967838166|title=James Alford|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}</ref> said that Coates "had cut his teeth during the golden, grizzled age of American journalism. When he was a cub reporter, many of his colleagues stashed a pine (or two) of whiskey in their desks or in their pockets (or both)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226801791/earnest-guy-coates|title=Earnest Guy Coates, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}</ref>

Jeremy James Alford (born 1978), the editor and publisher of ''LaPolitics Weekly'' and ''The Tracker,'' the leading trade publications for elected officials, campaign professionals, and donors in Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jeremy-alford/e6967838166|title=James Alford|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}</ref> said that Coates "had cut his teeth during the golden, grizzled age of American journalism. When he was a cub reporter, many of his colleagues stashed a pine (or two) of whiskey in their desks or in their pockets (or both)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226801791/earnest-guy-coates|title=Earnest Guy Coates, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 13, 2021}}</ref>

Coates was first married in 1961 in St. Paschal [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Church in West 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 father, Richard C. "Dick" Jolissaint (1904-1988), was an alderman, mayor pro tempore, and unsuccessful candidate for mayor of West Monroe, date unavailable. He was a charter member of St. Paschal and a member of the [[Knights of Columbus]].<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> Her mother was the former Wilma B. Ragland (1913-1995).<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 St. Paschal [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Church in West 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 father, Richard C. "Dick" Jolissaint (1904-1988), was an alderman, mayor pro tempore, and unsuccessful candidate for mayor of West Monroe, date unavailable. He was a charter member of St. Paschal and a member of the [[Knights of Columbus]].<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> Her mother was the former Wilma B. Ragland (1913-1995).<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>