Ninth Generation

18239. Reba Edwina Coffey was born on 24 April 1924 in Shawneehaw Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁵¹²⁹ Reba died on 7 March 2008 at the age of 83 in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC and was buried at Clarks Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Watauga Co., NC on 10 March 2008.⁴⁵¹³⁰

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, March 7, 2008

Mrs. Reba Coffey Townsend, 83, of Dutch Creek Road, Banner Elk, died Friday evening, March 7, 2008 at home.

She was born April 24, 1924 in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Harston and Nila Roe Coffey.

Mrs. Townsend was a member of Clarks Creek Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Surviving are her husband, Charles Mack Townsend; one daughter, Wanda Cline; two sons, Charles Edward Townsend, Larry Dale Townsend; a loving daughter-in-law, Lorene Townsend; a loving son-in-law, George Ray Cline, all of the Dutch Creek community; eight grandchildren, Charlie Townsend, Travis Townsend, Maria and Chad Cole, Amy Cline, Scott and Jessie Townsend, Mitchell and Alicia Townsend, Shannon and Alania Townsend, and Rosie Maria Hillard; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Gertrude Isaacs of Banner Elk; and one brother, Truett Coffey and wife, Joyce, of Mountain City.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Lucille Byrd; and one brother, Bynum Coffey.

Services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Clarks Creek Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Bill Warren and the Rev. Mike Townsend. Burial will follow in the Clarks Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 until 2 o’clock.

The family received friends Sunday evening from 7 until 9 o’clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be sent to the Townsend family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.

Austin & Barnes Funeral Home is serving the Townsend family.

Reba Edwina Coffey and Charles Mack Townsend were married on 8 June 1946 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC.^19589,45131 Charles Mack Townsend, son of Isaac E. Townsend and Martha C. Byrd, was born on 31 October 1924 in Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁵¹³² Charles died in North Carolina on 14 March 2009 and was buried at Clarks Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Valle Crucis, Watauga Co., NC in March 2009 .⁴⁵¹³³

Reba Edwina Coffey and Charles Mack Townsend had the following children: