Ninth Generation

17991. Ora Estella "Stella" Coffey was born on 1 August 1898 in Watauga Co., NC. Ora died on 27 November 1985 at the age of 87 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁶⁵⁰

Obituary

Mrs. Estella Coffey Barnes Watauga Native

Mrs. Estella Coffey Barnes, 87, of Route 2, Boone, died Wednesday morning, Nov.27, at her home. Mrs. Barnes was born Aug. 1, 1898 in Watauga County to Dell Calvin and Mary Jane Bodenhamer. She was the wife of the late Stewart James Barnes. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and had attended the Perkinsville Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for a number of years. She was employed for many years as the first secretary of the Appalachian Normal School, which later became Appalachian State University. She was a long time hand-weaving crafts person and was a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Richards, Mrs. Betty Elliott, and Mrs. Rebecca Miller, all of Boone; one son, James A. Barnes of Winston-Salem; one sister, Mrs. Anna Belle Norris of Kannapolis; three brothers, Ira Coffey of Buckingham, Va., Paul Coffey of Middlebrook, Va., Glenn Coffey of Boone; and 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Services were conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Perkinsville Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. Jim Russell, the Rev. Bob Young, and the Rev. Bob Barlow. Burial followed at Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Directors in Boone were in charge of the arrangements.

Ora Estella "Stella" Coffey and Stewart James Barnes were married on 13 February 1924 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁶⁵¹ Stewart James Barnes, son of George W. Barnes and Mary E. Byers, was born on 25 September 1893 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁶⁵² He registered for the WWI draft on 15 June 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁶⁵³ Stewart died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 20 March 1965 at the age of 71 at Watauga County Hospital in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 22 March 1965.^44654,44655

Ora Estella "Stella" Coffey and Stewart James Barnes had the following children: