Funeral services for Mark Coates, 53, of Ruston, LA., will be held on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 3:00 P.M. at the Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Farmerville, LA. Officiating will be Rev. Kurt Auger. Visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. till time of service. Private interment will follow in Liberty Taylor Cemetery in Farmerville under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home. He is preceded in death by his father, Randolph Coates.Survivors include are his mother, Barbara Anderson Coates of Ruston, LA; son Jason Coates and wife Heather of Port Allen, LA; daughter, Jana Frazier and husband Matt of Lafayette, LA; brother, Mike Coates and wife Loraine of Lafayette, LA; and four grandchildren.Online condolence messages may be sent to the family www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.comKilpatrick Funeral HomeFarmerville, LA.