Janet Leigh Coates Garner

November 17, 1962 - November 7, 2020

Janet Leigh Coates Garner passed away on November 7, 2020. From birth to the age 51, Jan was a native of Hammond, LA and a resident of Pumpkin Center, LA. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, a graduate of Ponchatoula High School Class of 1987 and a member of the Masonic affiliated association, the Rainbow Girls. Jan was known for being a lettered member of Ponchatoula High School Band and Choir and for being Ponchatoula’s own Janice Joplin. She shared her love for music at different venues throughout Tangipahoa with late husband Joey, Dwayne and friend, Ellis Bigner. Jan is survived by her father, Cecil L. Coates; mother and step-father, Andrea Adams Brumfield and Jimmie Brumfield; daughter, Kendyl Everhart; siblings, Julie Coates, Jeanene Coates Fontanille, Brain Coates; nieces and nephews, Ashley, Nicole, Jesse, Austin, Michael, James, Desiree, Ashley; and lifelong friends, April McCormick and Dawn Coates Helton. Preceded in death by husband, Joseph Garner; sister, Joy Coates LeBlanc; nephews Paul Brunies, B.J. Coates and Christopher Stafford, maternal grandparents Howard and Viola Adams; and paternal grandparents, Kevlin and Jessie Lee Coates. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the visitation from the chapel of Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, 12012 Hwy 190 W, Hammond, LA, on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 from 6PM until 9PM and resuming at the funeral home on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 9AM until 12PM. The funeral service will be held at NOON and interment to follow at New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery. The family wishes to specially thank Northoaks Hospital, Ochsner Hospital and Heart of Hospice, New Orleans for their care and compassion.