Seventh Generation

4771. Rebecca Leona "Becca" Coffey was born in July 1877 in Wilkes Co., NC. She lived with her mother in Wilkes Co., NC on 20 June 1900. She died of an acute myocardial infarction on 19 April 1966 at the age of 88 at home in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC and was buried at Edgewood Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC on 22 April 1966.^{15105,15106,15107}

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Thu., Apr. 21, 1955, Page 34

Mrs. Rebecca Bumgarner

North Wilkesboro - Mrs. Rebecca Coffee [sic] Bumgarner, 93, of Rt. 3, died Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Bumgarner. She had been critically ill three weeks. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Edgegood [sic] Baptist Church, where she was a member.

Rebecca Leona "Becca" Coffey and William Thomas "Will" Bumgarner were married on 30 April 1910 in Wilkes Co., NC. They appeared in the census on 3 January 1920 in Stanton Twp., Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁵¹⁰⁸ They¹⁵¹⁰⁸ appeared in the census on 15 April 1930 in Union Twp., Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁵¹⁰⁹ William Thomas "Will" Bumgarner was born on 11 October 1886 in North Carolina. William died in North Carolina on 29 July 1953 and was buried at Edgewood Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC in August 1953 .^15110,15111

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Fri., Jul. 31, 1953, Page 30

William T. Bumgarner

North Wilkesboro, July 30 - William Thomas Bumgarner, 68, died near midnight Wednesday at his home in the Edgewood community. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Bumgarner; one son, Richard of Wilkesboro; two daughters, Mrs. U. G. Bumgarner and Mrs. James Brookshire of Route 3, North Wilkesboro; one brother, John of High Point; one sister, Mrs. Green McFee of Route 1, Wilkesboro, and eight grandchildren. Funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Edgewood Baptist Church.

Rebecca Leona "Becca" Coffey and William Thomas "Will" Bumgarner had the following children: