Eighth Generation

7852. Phonsa Lee Coffey was born on 15 December 1884 in Springfield, Washington Co., KY. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁶⁸ He registered for the WWII draft on 27 April 1942 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁶⁹ Phonsa died on 24 October 1967 at the age of 82 in Johnson Co., IN and was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., IN.^24970,24971

Phonsa Lee Coffey and Florence E. Smitha were married circa 1907 in Indiana. They appeared in the census on 18 April 1910 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷² They²⁴⁹⁷² appeared in the census on 5 January 1920 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷³ Phonsa and Florence²⁴⁹⁷³ appeared in the census on 5 April 1930 in Wayne Twp., Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷⁴ They²⁴⁹⁷⁴ appeared in the census on 26 April 1940 in Wayne Twp., Marion Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷⁵ Florence E. Smitha, daughter of Albert Alonzo Smitha and Mary Ellen Anderson, was born in 1888 in Indiana. Florence died in 1954 at the age of 66 in Johnson Co., IN and was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷⁶

Phonsa Lee Coffey and Grace E. Coy were married on 9 September 1954 in Marion Co., IN. Grace E. Coy was born on 30 March 1886 in Brown Co., IN. Grace died on 6 September 1957 at the age of 71 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN and was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh, Johnson Co., IN.²⁴⁹⁷⁷

Indianapolis Times 7 Sep 1957

Mrs. Coffey, Long a Resident

Mrs. Grace C. Coffey, 3214 W. 16th, died yesterday. Born in Brown County, she had resided in Marion County the past 40 years. Mrs. Coffey, who was 71, retired in 1952 from Real Silk Hosiery Mills. She had worked in the lingerie department there for 27 years.

She was a member of the Eighth Christian Church, the Grandmother's Club and Speedway chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Conkle W. 16th St. Funeral Home with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery, Edinburg.

Surviving are her husband, P. L. Coffey; three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Biddle, Mrs. Marguerite Bymaster and Mrs. Marie Wirey, all of Indianapolis; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Lola Crosby and Mrs. Pauline Bigelow, and a stepson, Laymon Hammer, also all of Indianapolis; eight sisters, Mrs. Nettie Wirey, Indianapolis; Mrs. Cora Clark and Mrs. Amelia [Lena] Waltz, both of Trafalgar; Mrs. Gladys McKee, Mrs. Delia Galey and Mrs. Erie [Arie] Fordyce, all of Edinburg, Mrs. Bessie Campbell, Barnesboro, Pa., and Mrs. Esma Campbell, also of Barnesboro; three brothers, Emerson Coy, Shelbyville, Lora Coy, Franklin, and Ray Coy, Brownsburg; 10 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

Indianapolis News 7 Sep 1957

Grace Coffey Burial Monday

Services for Grace C. Coffey, 71, 3214 W. 16th, who died yesterday, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Conkle West 16th Street Funeral Home, with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery, Edinburg.

Born in Brown County, Mrs. Coffey had lived in Marion County 40 years. In 1952 she retired after 27 years employment in the lingerie department of Real Silk Hosiery Mills. She was a member of Eighth Christian Church, Grandmothers Club and Speedway Chapter, Eastern Star.

Survivors are the husband, P.L. Coffey, three daughters, Marie Wirey, Mildred Biddle and Marguerite Bymaster, Indianapolis; eight sisters, three brothers, 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.