Eighth Generation

10420. Ralph Robert Coffey was born on 12 May 1911 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁵²⁸ Ralph was a WW2 veteran of the US Navy. Ralph died at Veterans Administration Hospital in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC on 15 July 1989 and was buried at Middle Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{30529,30530,30531}

Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Mon., Jul. 27, 1989

Mr. Ralph Robert Coffey, 78, retired security guard, died July 15, 1989, at VA Medical Center in Asheville. Funeral is 11 a.m. Tuesday at Miller's Funeral Home, Lenoir. Burial will be in Middle Fork Baptist Church cemetery, Watauga County. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight.

Survivors are his daughters, Mrs. Mary Heffner, Mrs. Reba Walsh, Mrs. Rebecca Foust; sister, Mrs. Ampha Lewis of Lenoir; stepson, Larry Scott of Lenoir; stepdaughters, Mrs. Beatrice Minnix, Mrs. Pauline Coffey, Mrs. Evelyn Curtis, all of Lenoir, Mrs. Hazel Smith of Granite Falls, Mrs. Betty Simmons. Memorials can be made to VA Medical Center, Asheville, N.C. 28805.

Ralph Robert Coffey and Gussie Ella Mae Keller were married. Gussie Ella Mae Keller was born on 8 March 1908 in North Carolina. Gussie died at Blackwelder Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 20 July 1970 of nephrosclerpsis and was buried at Bellview Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 22 July 1970 .^{30532,30533,30534}

Ralph Robert Coffey and Mattie Rose Greene were married on 26 July 1930 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁵³⁵ They^{³⁰⁵³⁵} appeared in the census on 26 April 1940 in Mortimer, Caldwell Co., NC.³⁰⁵³⁶ Mattie Rose Greene, daughter of David Green and Nellie Savannah Wooten, was born on 3 April 1911 in Watauga Co., NC. She died of eclampsia on 23 July 1944 at the age of 33 at Blackwelder Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Middle Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 25 July 1944.^{30537,30538,30539,30540}

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Thu., Jul. 27, 2944, Page 2

Mrs. Maggie G. Coffey

Lenoir, July 26.--Funeral for Mrs. Mattie Green Coffey, 33, who died in a Lenoir hospital Sunday afternoon, was conducted at Middle Fork Baptist church in Watauga county Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Ralph Robert Coffey and Mattie Rose Greene had the following children:

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Mary Ann Coffey was born on 20 March 1932 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁵⁴¹ Mary died at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Hudson, Caldwell Co., NC on 13 December 2016 and was buried at In Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in December 2016.

Obituary, Greer-McElveen Funeral Home, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC, Dec. 13, 2016

Mary Ann Coffey Heffner, age 84, of Boomer, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care - Hudson. She was born March 20, 1932 in Watauga County to the late Ralph R. and Mattie R. Greene Coffey.

Memorial Services will be held at a later date.

Online condolences may be left at www.greer-mcelveenfuneralhome.com. Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting the Heffner family.

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Living was born in 1938 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁵⁴²

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Francis Lee Coffey was born on 23 July 1944 in Watauga Co., NC. Francis died of acute rheumatic fever on 19 September 1945 at the age of 1 yr., 1 mo., and 26 days at home in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Middle Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 20 September 1945.^{30543,30544,30545,30546}

A living couple was married in 1945 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³⁰⁵⁴⁷ Living was born circa 1925 in Groveton, VA.

A living couple was married in 1971 in Caldwell Co., NC. Living (private).