He was born the 24th of December, 1888 to Benjamin Franklin Coleman and Sarah Jane Varner. Fred built their house and ran a lumber business with his brothers for a while. Fred and Lottie also ran a grocery store and had a bakery for a time. She died the 31st of March, 1963. He died the 16th of June, 1963. They are both buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. They had five children