Eighth Generation

12744. Luther Lafayette Coffey was born on 25 September 1887 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC.⁵¹²⁶ He lived with his father and step-mother in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC on 28 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917³⁷⁰⁰⁰ Luther died on 8 December 1968 at the age of 81 in Knox Co., TN and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.^{37001,37002,37003}

Luther Lafayette Coffey and Jean Ruth Sands were married on 7 December 1914 in Knox Co., TN.³⁷⁰⁰⁴ They^{³⁷⁰⁰⁴} appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.³⁷⁰⁰⁵ They^{³⁷⁰⁰⁵} appeared in the census on 8 May 1930 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.³⁷⁰⁰⁶ Luther and Jean^{³⁷⁰⁰⁶} appeared in the census on 13 April 1940 at 113 Jennings St. in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.³⁷⁰⁰⁷ Jean Ruth Sands, daughter of Henry Anderson Sands and Laura Texana Burchfield, was born circa 1892 in Sevier Co., TN. Jean died on 13 April 1972 at the age of 80 in Knox Co., TN and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.^37008,37009

Luther Lafayette Coffey and Jean Ruth Sands had the following children:

+19200	i.	Edith Coffey.
+19201	ii.	Marjorie "Margie" Coffey.
19202	iii.	Shelley Carl Coffey was born circa 1923 in Knox Co., TN. He lived with his parents in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN on 9 May 1930. Shelley enlisted in the US Army on 9 November 1942 at Fort Oglethorp, GA.³⁷⁰¹⁰ He died on 15 April 1945 at the age of 22 at the and was later buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.^37011,37012
+19203	iv.	Nola Pearl "Pearl" Coffey.
19204	v.	Etta Coffey was born on 16 March 1927 in Knox Co., TN. She lived with her parents in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN on 9 May 1930. She lived with her parents at 113 Jennings St. in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN on 13 April 1940.