Emma Lee Coulter

Ms. Emma Lee Coulter, 73, of Paris died Friday, August 11, 2017, at Centennial Hospital in Nashville.Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at Progressive Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the church.Emma Lee Coulter was born December 22, 1943, to Hazel Coulter Bell in Flint, Michigan. Emma attended Flint Schools in Flint, Michigan. She went back to school to become a LPN with the State of Tennessee. Emma accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior many years ago. She was a member of Progressive Baptist Church. Emma was employed by United Steelworkers of America and Life Care of Bruceton, Tennessee as a LPN. She was an officer of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit #164. Emma loved crossword puzzles and putting puzzles together when she wasn’t caring for people, which she loved to do. She loved fishing. Emma was preceded in death by her mother, Hazel Coulter Bell; sisters, Eleanor Coulter and Brenda Chappell; brothers, Willie Coulter, Arthur Boddie and Brian Bell and grandson, Ryan Jones. Emma leaves behind her son, Travis Coulter of Reno, Nevada; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; five sisters, Winifred Sanders of Saginaw, Michigan, Juanita Golden, Mary Atkins and Yolanda Duke, all of Flint Michigan and Rita Bell of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one brother, Maurice (Vicky) Bell of London, Ohio; best friend and caregiver, George Bass and his sister, Marjorie Sims and entire family; very good friend/sister, Ava Reddick and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Rawls Funeral Home - Paris 731-642-1515