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Jonica M. Coates<br> (married c. 1981-2021, his death)<br>
 
Jonica M. Coates<br> (married c. 1981-2021, his death)<br>
 
'''Children''':<br>
 
'''Children''':<br>
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From first marriage:<br>
 
Guy Coates, III<br>
 
Guy Coates, III<br>
 
Jennifer Ann Coates<br>
 
Jennifer Ann Coates<br>
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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>
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Coates was first married in 1961 in Monroe to the former Charlotte Bernice Jolissaint, known as Shirley. In 1981, he 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]], [[Florida]], 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/>
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Coates was first married in 1961 in Monroe to the former Charlotte Bernice Jolissaint, also known known as Shirley. She is 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/>
    
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