Ninth Generation


18396. Ralph Grady "Bud" Coffey was born on 16 March 1927 in Watauga Co., NC.45140 Ralph registered for the WW2 draft on 16 March 1945 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.45141 Ralph enlisted in the US Army on 29 June 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.45142 Ralph died on 4 September 2005 at the age of 78 in Fresno, Coshocton Co., OH and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.45143,45144

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Watauga Co., NC

Ralph G. ‘Bud’ Coffey

Mr. Ralph G. “Bud” Coffey, 78, of Fresno, Ohio, a former resident of Caldwell County, died Sept. 4, 2005, in Ohio.

He was born in Caldwell County to the late Charlie and Julia Knight Coffey.

Mr. Coffey was a veteran of World War II with the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his children, Robert Coffey and Sharon Wilson of Lenoir, Clarice Cannon, Ralph Hartson of Banner Elk, and Dean Coffey of Newland, Lori Pennington, JoAnn Roup, Patricia Coffey and Eddie Coffey, all of Ohio; two sisters, Martha Stapleton and Effie Coffey, both of Lenoir.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.

Military graveside services will be conducted Saturday, June 3, 2006, at 2 p.m. at White Springs Cemetery.

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Coffey family.

Ralph Grady "Bud" Coffey and Estelle Gertrude Coffey were married. They were divorced on 29 January 1964 in Watauga Co., NC.45139 Estelle Gertrude Coffey, daughter of William Harston Coffey and Nila Adeline Rowe, was born on 29 December 1926 in Shawneehaw Twp., Watauga Co., NC.45137 Estelle Gertrude had a son, Robert Charles Coffey, born in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC on 6 May 1947.45138 She married Charles G. Isaacs circa 1965.

Ralph Grady "Bud" Coffey and Estelle Gertrude Coffey had the following children:

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Living.

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Edgar Dean Coffey.

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Ralph Harston Coffey.

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Audrey Sharon Coffey.
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