Horatius "H.H." Coleman

Born February 22, 1892
Decatur, Georgia, United States
Died December 13, 1969 (aged 77)
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Spouse(s)

Mamie L. Coleman (née Jordan)

2 children = Juanita Meek Brown (b. 1914) , Rev. Horatius H.Coleman Jr. (b. 1938)
Congregations served

Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan

New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan

First Baptist Institutional Church, Detroit, Michigan

Beulah Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia

The Reverend Horatius Holypheal Coleman (February 22, 1892 - December 13, 1969), better known as H. H. Coleman, was an American church pastor and evangelist. Reverend Coleman, who was born in Decatur, Georgia, was senior pastor of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, from 1935 until his death in 1969. He was the paternal great-grandfather of former U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek,[1] and the maternal grandfather of actress Barbara Meek.

Rev. Coleman was a good friend of Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr., father of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. On May 3, 1936, King, Jr. (age 7) was baptized at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia after a two-week annual revival that was led by Rev. H. H. Coleman (serving as guest evangelist).[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/meek.htm
  2. ↑ http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/volume_1_called_to_serve_january_1929_june_1951_chronology/

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