Mable Lee Coates was born on May 18, 1937 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Coates. She was born in Prince Frederick, Maryland. She was one of eleven children. Mable was a lifetime resident of Calvert County, Maryland who passed away at home.

In 1962, she married the late, Walter Wallace Brown, Sr. To that union three children were born, Walter Brown, Jr., James Brown and Mable (Terry) Morsell.

Thereafter, Mable met the late, Arthur Stepney. Through this love six children were born Rosie (Arnold) Carter, Linda (Andre) Jackson, Arthur (LaKisha) Stepney, Jackie Jones, Willia Stepney, Leslie (Bertrand) Spann; fourteen grandchildren, Latasha Brown, Evan and Marcus Morsell, Angel Jones, Raeeqs Dobyns, Richard White, Rahim and Baiyina Jones, Jasmine Ferguson, Jordan Jalloh, Brandon Yarbrough, Zonte Spann and Briana Spann and one great-grandson, Christopher (CJ) Reed.

She was preceded in death by five brothers, Nathaniel Coates, Samuel Coates, Aaron Coates, James Coates and Allen E. Coates and one sister, Julia Coates.

She leaves to cherish her memories her children, grandchildren, great-grandchild, two brothers; Marion and Joseph Coates, two sisters; Willa Mae Jones and Genevieve Stepney and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins and friends.

Arrangements provided by Sewell Funeral Home.

Visitation:
10:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday, August 31, 2012 at Sewell Funeral Home's Chapel, 1451 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678.

Service:
11:00 am on Friday, August 31, 2012 at Sewell Funeral Home's Chapel, 1451 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678.

Cemetery:
Holland Cemetery, Stinnett Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639.