Eighth Generation

12436. Alberta "Bertie" Coffey³⁶³⁴⁸ was born on 5 July 1905 in North Carolina. Bertie died on 6 July 1988 at the age of 83 in North Carolina and was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Mausolem in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 9 July 1988.^36349,36350

Alberta "Bertie" Coffey and Clyde Johnson had a liaison which produced a child. Clyde Johnson was born (date unknown).

Alberta "Bertie" Coffey and Clyde Johnson had the following children:

Albert Abner F. Loudermilk, son of Finley T. Loudermilk (Loudermelt?) and Mary Delight Clark, was born about March 1898 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Albert died by homicide on 14 August 1929 at the age of 31 in Cary Flat, Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Loudermilk Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{36351,36352,36353}

Article, The Landmark, Statesville, NC, Monday, Aug. 19, 1929

Death Ends Quarrel in Mountain County

Ab Lowdermilk is Dead, And Fred and Paris Coffey Held for Murder

Lenoir, Aug. 16. - Ab Lowdermilk, white man of Carey's Flats, is dead and Fred and Paris Coffey have surrendered to the Avery county sheriff for the murder of Lowdermilk as a result of a shooting scrape at Carey's Flats Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, according to word reaching here.

According to meagre information from the mountain country, Fred and Paris Coffey were at Coffey's store, Edgemont, at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with two young girls whose names were not available. Fred Coffey then took the girls and his brother to the former's hoe, but his wife, sister of the dead man, resented the action.

Fred Coffey and his wife had words, according to the story, and Lowdermilk took the part of his sister, Mrs. Fred Coffey. Following a lively fist fight Lowdermilk is alleged to have threatened to beat Fred Coffey with an iron bar, at which time Paris Coffey interfened [sic]. When Lowdermilk refused to put down the iron bar Paris Coffey snatched a high-powered rifle and blew out the brains of Lowdermilk.

Trial was held at Newland for the pair, but the result of the magistrate's decision was not learned. The brothers gave themselves up without hesitation.

Alberta "Bertie" Coffey and Albert Abner F. Loudermilk had the following children:

Alberta "Bertie" Coffey and Andrew Jackson "Andy" Jennings were married on 25 May 1926 in Newland, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC. They lived with her parents in Miller's Cove, Blount Co., TN on 11 April 1930. They appeared in the census on 23 April 1940 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁶³⁵⁴ Andrew Jackson "Andy" Jennings, son of Van Jennings and Daisy Shelton, was born on 11 November 1905 in North Carolina. He is found in deed of record on 12 December 1970 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC wherein Andrew and Alberta sell property to Lawrence and Essie J. Crump, Jr.³⁶³⁵⁵ Andrew died of a myocardial infarction on 17 January 1972 at the age of 66 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 19 January 1972.³⁶³⁵⁶

Alberta "Bertie" Coffey and Andrew Jackson "Andy" Jennings had the following children: