Eighth Generation

11861. Exie Mae Coffey was born on 21 October 1901 in North Carolina. She lived with her parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 7 May 1910. Exie Mae died of an accidental gunshot wound on 15 February 1926 at the age of 24 at Richard Baker Hospital in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Cary Flat Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{34094,34095,34096,34097}

Exie Mae Coffey and Ivey Watson Coffey were married on 28 December 1918 in Avery Co., NC.³⁴⁰⁹⁸ They^{³⁴⁰⁹⁸} appeared in the census on 20 January 1920 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.³⁴⁰⁹⁹ Ivey Watson Coffey, son of David William Coffey and Gertrude Trivette, was born on 10 May 1900 in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^34100,34101 He lived wth his paternal grandparents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 13 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴¹⁰² Ivey registered for the WW2 draft on 16 February 1942 in Newland, Avery Co., NC.³⁴¹⁰³ Ivey died on 20 October 1982 at the age of 82 in Avery Co., NC and was buried at New Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{34104,34105,34106,34107}

Exie Mae Coffey and Ivey Watson Coffey had the following children:

+18302	i.	Odell Joseph Coffey.
+18303	ii.	Velma Mae Coffey.
+18304	iii.	Janet Ruth Coffey.
18305	iv.	Opal Coffey was born on 21 October 1925 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^34108,34109 She lived with her maternal granmother Etta Hayes Coffey in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 2 April 1930. She lived with her father and step-mother in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 15 April 1940. Opal died on 8 December 2001 at the age of 76 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC and was buried at Cary Flat Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.³⁴¹¹⁰ Obituary Opal Coffey, 76, of Magnolia Dr., Morganton, died Saturday, December 8, 2001 in a Morganton hospital. A native of Caldwell County, she was a daughter of the late Ivey W. And Exie Coffey. She was a member of the New Hopewell Baptist Church. Survivors include her brother, O’dell Coffey of Newland; sisters, Valma [sic] Adkins of Lenoir, Janet Ingram of Lenoir and Betty Pope of Lenoir. Funeral services for Opal Coffey were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 11, from the New Hopewell Baptist Church with the Revs. Doug Bare and Randy Gibson officiating. Interment followed in the New Hopewell Cemetery. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home of Newland is serving the Coffey family.