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11239. Avery Grayson Coffey was born on 25 August 1906 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.32586,32587 He lived with his cousin John Coffey in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 February 1920. He lived with his cousin John Coffey in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 April 1930. Avery died in Gamewell, Caldwell Co., NC on 30 November 1978 and was buried at Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery in Gamewell, Caldwell Co., NC in December 1978 .32588,32589
Avery Grayson Coffey and Mamie Elizabeth Clay were married on 17 March 1934 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.32590 They32590 appeared in the census on 17 May 1940 in Lenoir Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.32591 Mamie Elizabeth Clay, daughter of Everett Wilfong Clay and Lilly Florence Kincaid, was born on 12 October 1911 in Burke Co., NC. She died on 20 December 2005 at the age of 94 at Lenoir Health Care Center in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery in Gamewell, Caldwell Co., NC on 22 December 2005.32592,32593
Obituary, The News Herald, Morganton, NC, Dec. 22, 2005
Mamie Coffey
Mamie Elizabeth Clay Coffey, 94, of Lenoir, passed away Tuesday Dec. 20, 2005, at Lenoir Healthcare.
Mrs. Coffey was born Oct. 12, 1911, in Burke County to the late Everett Wilfong "EW" and Lilly Florence Kincaid Clay.
Mrs. Coffey was a member of Gamewell United Methodist Church and Gamewell UMC United Methodist Women.
She is survived by three sons, James Hillard Coffey and his wife, Dorothy, Grayson Wayne Coffey and Royce Claywell Coffey all of Lenoir; two daughters, Mary Ellen Poteat and her husband, Steve, of Valdese and Shirley Elizabeth Haas of Lenoir; a brother, Noah Henry Clay of Lenoir; three sisters, Ruth Clay Moore and Mary Edna Clay Jenkins both of Lenoir and Loyce Clay Winkler of Panama City, Fla.; and five sister-in-laws, Reba Clay of Stafford, Va., Ruth Clay of Charlotte, Willie Mae Jones, Hazel Coffey and Margie Hendrix all of Lenoir; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Avery Grayson Coffey; a sister, Mabel Clay Moore; and two brothers, Marvin and Frederick Clay.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gamewell United Methodist Church with Revs. Renee Easter and Curtis Sides officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service.
The family will receive friends Thursday at the home of Shirley Haas at 3061 Morganton Blvd. SW, Lenoir, for open hours and on Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Pendry's Funeral Home.
Burial will follow at Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Michael and Kenneth Haas, Jamie, Tim and Tony Coffey and Grayson Helms.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice & Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood St. NW, Lenoir NC 28645.
Condolences may be placed online at www.pendrysfuneralhome.com
Avery Grayson Coffey and Mamie Elizabeth Clay had the following children:
17834 | i. | Living was born in 1934 in Caldwell Co., NC. |
+17835 | ii. | Mary Ellen Coffey. |
17836 | iii. | Living was born in 1940 in Caldwell Co., NC.32594 |
17837 | iv. |  Grayson Wayne Coffey was born on 9 February 1944 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.32595 Grayson died at Grandview Circle in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 16 January 2019 and a memorial serivce was held In Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel on 20 January 2019. Obituary, Greer-McElveen Funeral Home, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC Grayson Wayne Coffey, age 74, of Grandview Circle, Lenoir, died Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at his residence. He was born February 9, 1944 in Caldwell County to the late Avery G. and Mamie Clay Coffey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, James Hillard Coffey; and a sister, Mary Ellen Poteat. Mr. Coffey had worked as a self-employed carpenter. Survivors include two daughters, Brenda Thomason of Marion and Susan Bristol and husband William of Lenoir; one brother, Royce C. Coffey of Lenoir; one sister, Shirley Haas of Lenoir; and three grandchildren, Erica Poteat, Victoria Edwards and Cory Bristol. Memorial services will be held Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Dewey Bristol. Online condolences may be left at www.greer-mcelveenfuneralhome.com. |
17838 | v. | Royce Claywell Coffey was born on 11 October 1946 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.32596 |