Eighth Generation

11667. Norman Oran Coffey was born on 27 August 1877 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC. Norman died in Port Henry, Essex Co., NY on 17 August 1937 of a heart attack and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC in August 1937 .^33275,33276

Obituary, The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, NC, Wed., Aug. 18, 1937, Page 12

Death - N. O. Coffey Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack in New York

N. O. Coffey, 60, of 431 West Gaston street, died suddenly Tuesday night in Port Henry, N. Y., following a heart attack. The body will arrive in Greensboro Thursday evening and will be taken to the Hanes Funeral home pending funeral arrangements.

Mr. and Mrs. Coffey, who made their home here with their daughter, Mrs. R. E. Burgess left Greensboro Sunday for a two weeks' vacation trip to points in New York and Canada and had proceeded as far as Port Henry when Mr. Coffey was stricken. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. Coffey are returning to Greensboro by motor, it is understood.

Mr. Coffey was a native of Boone, having been born August 27, 1877 but had made his home in Greensboro for a number of years, and was known and esteemed by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

He leaves his wife, formerly Miss Carrie Norris of Boone; three sons, J. B. Coffey, Salisbury, and C. E. and H. W. Coffey, Greensboro and two daughters, Mrs. R. E. Burgess and Mrs. T. L. Ogburn, both of Greensboro: his mother, Mrs. W. L. Coffey, Lenoir; also three sisters and three brothers and 14 grandchildren.

Norman Oran Coffey and Carrie Norris were married on 5 January 1898 in Watauga Co., NC.³³²⁷⁷ They³³²⁷⁷ appeared in the census on 16 June 1900 in Watauga Co., NC.³³²⁷⁸ They³³²⁷⁸ appeared in the census on 17 April 1910 in Burke Co., NC.³³²⁷⁹ Norman and Carrie³³²⁷⁹ appeared in the census on 16 March 1920 in Guilford Co., NC.³³²⁸⁰ They³³²⁸⁰ appeared in the census on 3 April 1930 in Guilford Co., NC.³³²⁸¹ Carrie Norris, daughter of John H. Norris and Miriam Loretta Crowell, was born on 22 May 1879 in Watauga Co., NC. Carrie died in Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC on 15 February 1968 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC in February 1968 .^33282,33283

Death, The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, NC, Sat., Feb. 17, 1968, Page 7

Mrs. Carrie N. Coffey

Funeral was held at 2 p.m. today at Hanes-Lineberry West Market Street Chapel for Mrs. Carrie Norris Coffey, 88, of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home who died Thursday at Wesley Long Hospital. The Rev. Dr. Clay Madison of West Market Street Methodist Church officiated and burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Norman Oran Coffey and Carrie Norris had the following children: