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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>

Coates was first married in 1961 in Monroe to the former Charlotte Bernice Jolissaint, also known known as Shirley. She is a daughter of 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 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/>

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/>

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