Eighth Generation

12034. Opal Rebecca Coffey was born on 3 November 1920 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁹⁰⁶ Opal died on 11 October 2006 at the age of 85 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 15 October 2006.^34907,34908

Obituary, News-Topic, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC, Oct. 13, 2006

Opal Myers

Opal Coffey Myers, 85, of Union Grove Road, Lenoir, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at her residence.

Mrs. Myers was a homemaker and a devoted member of Union Grove Baptist Church for 59 years. She will be remembered especially for her dedication and love to her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends.

Mrs. Myers was preceded in death by her parents Silas and Maggie P. Coffey; her husband, J. B. Myers; a daughter, Brenda Frances Myers; a grandson, J. B. Myers III; three sisters, Wilma Cook, Edith Robbins and Faye Keller and six brothers, Horace, Doc, Bealer, Clarence, Herman and Floyd Coffey.

Opal is survived by four children, Richard Myers, Pat Myers, Sharon Jenkins and J. B. Myers Jr., all of Lenoir. She is also survived by six grandchildren: Kimberly Robbins and husband Billy, Alison Crawford and husband Jason, Emily Freeman, Addie Tucker and husband Stuart, Cody Myers and Michael W. Jenkins Jr., all of Lenoir; eight great-grandchildren, Taylor, Rhett, Nathaniel, Hannah, J.B., Reagan, Colson and Grayson.

Funeral services will be held at Union Grove Baptist Church on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 3 p.m. with Reverend Sam Craven and Reverend James Lambert officiating.

The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers will be Michael W. Jenkins, Jr., Cody Myers, Billy Robbins, Stuart Tucker, Jason Crawford, Austen Jud, Johnny Williams and Bobby Robbins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood Street SW, Lenoir, NC 28645 or to Union Grove Baptist Church, Building Fund, 1808 Union Grove Road, Lenoir, NC 28645.

Opal Rebecca Coffey and John Banks Myers were married on 15 January 1943 in Newport News, VA.³⁴⁹⁰⁹ John Banks Myers, son of Henry Dayton Myers and Rose Dameron, was born on 26 October 1915 in Gastonia, Gaston Co., NC.³⁴⁹¹⁰ He lived with his parents in Gastonia, Gaston Co., NC on 15 January 1920. John died on 13 April 2005 at the age of 89 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^{34911,34912,34913}

Opal Rebecca Coffey and John Banks Myers had the following children: