Ninth Generation

15610. William Newton "Willie" Coffey was born in 1903 in Kentucky. He lived with his parents in Wayne Co., KY on 16 April 1910. He lived with his parents in McCreary Co., KY on 20 January 1920. Willie was arrested on 11 July 1946 and charged with disorderly conduct; later with patricide.⁴¹⁴⁹⁶

News Item, The Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY, Thu., Jul. 11, 1946, Page 9, Col. 4

Arrest Suspect in 1928 Patricide

Monticello, Ky., July 10 (AP) - County Judge S. E. Anderson announced today the arrest of Willie Newton Coffey, 44, wanted in Wayne county for the past 17 1/2 years in connection with the slaying of his father.

Judge Anderson said Coffey was picked up on a disorderly conduct charge at Tarrant, Ala., a Birmingham suburb. He said Birmingham police notified Wayne county officials that Coffey admitted he fatally short his father, Matthew Coffey, in 1928.

"Coffey hadn't been seen in Wayne county since then," declared the judge, adding that a murder indictment had been returned in March, 1929, against Coffey.

The judge said Sheriff J. J. Gibson would go to Frankfort, probably Thursday, to get a requisition for the extradition of Coffey from Alabama to Wayne county.

Judge Anderson said that shortly before the elder Coffey was slain, his son had escaped from jail where he had been held on a drunkenness charge. The judge said Coffey had been quoted as saying he fired as his father was about to attack his mother. William died on 2 January 1973 at the age of 70 in McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY.^41497,41498

William Newton "Willie" Coffey and Minnie Jane Carter appeared in the census on 24 April 1930 in Brown Creek, McDowell Co., WV.⁴¹⁴⁹⁹ They⁴¹⁴⁹⁹ were married on 14 October 1938 in McDowell Co., WV.⁴¹⁵⁰⁰ They⁴¹⁵⁰⁰ appeared in the census on 3 April 1940 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.⁴¹⁵⁰¹ Minnie Jane Carter, daughter of Lee Ernest Carter and India , was born on 31 May 1901 in Havaco, McDowell Co., WV. Minnie died on 7 February 1986 at the age of 84 at Humana Hospital, Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY.^41502,41503

Minnie Jane Coffey ,84, Rattlesnake Ridge, Stearns died Feb 7 at Humana Hospital, Lake Cumberland, Somerset after a long illness.

Rev. Henry Cox Officiating, Burial was in Sherd Dobbs Cemetery.

She was born May 31, 1901, in West Virginia to the late Lee Carter and India Carter. She had lived here for 26 years, was a housewife and member of White Oak Junction Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents: husband, William "Willie" Coffey in 1972, an infant son: one daughter, Helen Thompson: one granddaughter, Glynda Coffey: two brothers, Robert and Walter Carter: and one sister Gertrude Sloan.

Survivors include her children, Herschel Coffey and Elsie Reynolds, both of Birmingham, Ala., William Coffey Jr. of Wayne County Ky: Gladys Coffey and Lynda Dobbs,both of Sterns, and one brother, Ray Carter of West Virginia.

R.F. Neal Funeral Chapel handled arrangements.

William Newton "Willie" Coffey and Minnie Jane Carter had the following children: