Eighth Generation

12444. Alfred Boyd L. Coffey was born on 21 May 1922 in Avery Co., NC.^2114,36396 Alfred enlisted in the US Army on 30 November 1942 at Camp Croft, Spartanburg Co., SC.³⁶³⁹⁷ Alfred died on 3 July 1990 at the age of 68 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Sam Coffey Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^{36398,36399,36400}

Mr. Alfred Boyd L. Coffey

World War II veteran

Alfred Boyd L. Coffey, 68, of Route 5, Box 188, Lenoir, formerly of Star Route, Lenoir, died Tuesday, July 3, 1990, at the residence.

He was born May 21, 1922, in Avery County to the late Samuel Monroe and Josephine Dellinger Coffey.

Mr. Coffey was a retired nurseryman and founder of the Boyd Coffey & Sons Nursery. He was a World War II Army veteran, a member of the New Hopewell Baptist Church, and a member of Careys' Flat Wildlife.

Survivors are his wife, Mary Ethelene Woodie Coffey of the home; three sons, Boyd Coffey Jr. of Greenville, S.C., John Samuel "Sammy" Coffey and Roger D. Coffey, both of Lenoir; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Kathy Gragg, Mrs. Jay "Lela" Rupard, Mrs. Richard "Kaye" Shoemake and Mrs. Alan "Bernice" Smith all of Lenoir; two brothers, Mack Coffey and Wilson Coffey, both of Blowing Rock; four sisters, Mrs. Lydia C. Gragg of Granite Falls, Mrs. William L. "Minnie" Thompson, Mrs. Pauline Bell and Mrs. Howard "Deatte" Bolick, all of Lenoir; 24 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.

The funeral service will be 3 p.m. Thursday at the New Hopewell Baptist Church with the Rev. Max Greene and the Rev. David Benefield officiating. The body will lie is state 30 minutes. Burial will be in the family cemetery.

The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home.

Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Wed., Jul. 4, 1990

Mr. Alfred Boyd L. Coffey, 68, died July 3, 1990, at home. Funeral is 3 p.m. Thursday at New Hopewell Baptist Church. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Pendry's Funeral Home.

Survivors are his wife, Ethelene; sons, Boyd Coffey Jr. of Greenville, S.C., John Coffey, Roger Coffey; daughters, Mrs. Mary Gragg, Mrs. Kaye Shoemake, Mrs. Lela Rupard, Mrs. Bernice Smith; brothers, Mack Coffey, Wilson Coffey, both of Blowing Rock; sisters, Mrs. Lyia Gragg of Granite Falls, Mrs. Minnie Thompson, Mrs. Pauline Bell, Mrs. Deatte Bolick.

Memorials may be made to New Hopewell Baptist Church, care of Mrs. Edith Vines, Star Route, Box 154, Lenoir, N.C. 28645; or to Caldwell County Hospice, 902 Kirkwood St., Lenoir, N.C. 28645.

Alfred Boyd L. Coffey and Mary Etheline Woodie were married. Mary Etheline Woodie, daughter of John Logan Woodie and Virgie Ethel Dellinger, was born on 11 May 1924 in Avery Co., NC.²¹¹⁴ Mary died on 18 June 2002 at the age of 78 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Sam Coffey Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^{36401,36402,36403,36404}

Death Notice, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Thu., Jun. 20, 2002

LENOIR -- Ethelene Woodie Coffey, 78, died June 18, 2002. Funeral 1pm Friday, Rocky Springs Baptist Church; burial, Coffey Family Cemetery, Avery County. Visitation Thursday, 7-8:30pm, Pendry's Funeral Home.

Alfred Boyd L. Coffey and Mary Etheline Woodie had the following children: