Sixth Generation

1555. Thomas Joshua Coffey was born on 8 August 1883 in Wilkes Co., NC. Thomas died in Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC on 10 June 1915 of appendicitis and was buried at New Hope Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC on 12 June 1915 .^5688,5689

Thomas Joshua Coffey and Laura W. Parsons were married circa 1903 in North Carolina. They appeared in the census on 29 April 1910 in Wilkes Co., NC.⁵⁶⁹⁰ Laura W. Parsons, daughter of Finley Parsons and Annie Anderson, was born on 1 April 1882 at and was buried at in Wilkes Co., NC. Laura died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 15 October 1918 and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC in October 1918 .^5691,5692

Death Notice - The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, Wed., Oct. 16, 1918, Page 3

Mrs. Laura Coffey

Ms. Laura Coffey died at the hospital at 12:20 yesterday of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. Mrs. Coffey had been ill several days and was moved from her home on East Thirteenth street yesterday to the hospital. She continued to grow worse until the end came. She is survived by eight children. He husband died a few months ago. Arrangements have not been announced.

Thomas Joshua Coffey and Laura W. Parsons had the following children:

4795	i.	Eula Coffey was born in 1904 in Wilkes Co., NC. Eula died at City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 24 October 1918 of influenza and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC in October 1918 .^5693,5694 Death notice, The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, Fri., Oct. 25, 1918, Page 2, Col. 2 Miss Eula Coffey Miss Eula Coffey died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the City Hospital, following an illness of a few days with influenza-pneumonia. Her age was 16 years. The body will be taken to North Wilkesboro on the 9:20 train this morning. The funeral and interment will take place there. This is the fourth death in this family within the past two weeks. The mother, Mrs. Laura Coffey, was the first to die, and the children Mr. Hiram Coffey, Miss Thelma Coffey and Miss Eula Coffey, followed. All died of influenza followed by pneumonia.
+4796	ii.	Spencer Conrad Coffey.
4797	iii.	Thelma Coffey was born in 1909 in Wilkes Co., NC. Thelma died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 24 October 1918 of influenza and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC in October 1918 .^5695,5696 Death Notice, The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, Thu., Oct. 24, 1918, Page 3 Miss Thelma Coffey Miss Thelma Coffey died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock at the City Hospital following an illness of a few days with influenza-pneumonia. She was 11 years old. The body will be sent to North Wilkesboro today where the funeral and interment will take place.
4798	iv.	Burnis Coffey was born in 1911 in North Carolina. Burnis died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 18 September 1918 of pneumonia and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC in September 1918 .^{5697,5698,5699,5700} Death Notice - The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, Sun., Oct. 20, 1918, Page 12 Little Burnis Coffey Burnis Coffey, the seven-year old son of Mr. Tom Coffey, died at the home on Thirteenth street Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, following an illness of one week with influenza-pneumonia. The father and several brothers and sisters survive. The body will be sent to North Wilkesboro today and the funeral and interment will take place this afternoon at 3:30. Was his name also Hiram?
4799	v.	Cozelle Coffey was born circa 1917 in North Carolina. Cozelle died of inanition on 27 October 1918 at the age of 1 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC and was buried at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Purlear, Wilkes Co., NC on 29 October 1918 .^{5701,5702,5703} Death Notice, The Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, Tue., Oct. 29, 1918, Page 4 Little Cozelle Coffey Little Cozelle, the one-year old daughter of Mr. Tom Coffey, died Sunday night at Hanes Emergency Hospital after a week's illness with influenza. The remains will be taken to North Wilkesboro this morning where the interment will take place.