| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation10943. Alverda Candis Coffey was born on 12 October 1910 in Watauga Co., NC.32046 Alverda died in Linville, Avery Co., NC on 5 December 1992 and was buried at Tanglewood Cemetery in Linville, Avery Co., NC in December 1992 .32047,32048 Alverda Candis Coffey and Moses W. Braswell were married on 11 November 1933 in Newland, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC.32049 They32049 appeared in the census on 15 April 1940 in Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC.32050 Moses W. Braswell, son of Wellington Braswell and Mary Jane Johnson, was born on 26 March 1892 in Montezuma, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 191732051 Moses entered the US Army in September 1917 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, Richland Co., SC and was discharged at Hoboken, Hudson Co., New Jersey in June 1919. Moses was a member of the 81st Infantry Division and served with them at Meuse-Argonne, Alsace-Lorraine, France during WW1. The 81st was the first unit to design and wear a unit patch. It is still worn today by members of that division. The entry and discharge dates for Moses may be slightly off. They represent the activation and deactivation dates for the division following the end of the war. He appeared in the census on 24 April 1930 in Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC.32052 Moses died at the Veterans Administration facility in Mountain Home, Washington Co., TN on 5 April 1941 of a cerebral hemorrhage and was buried at Newland Cemetery in Newland, Avery Co., NC in April 1941 .32053,32054,32055,32056 Alverda Candis Coffey and Moses W. Braswell had the following children:
Alverda Candis Coffey and William Cody Forbes were married. William Cody Forbes, son of John Wesley Forbes and Rose Burleson, was born on 1 March 1907 in Avery Co., NC.32057 William died at Life Care Center in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC on 1 October 2005 and was buried at Tanglewood Cemetery in Linville, Avery Co., NC in October 2005 .32058,32059 Obituary, The Citizen-Times, Ashville, Buncombe Co., NC, Oct. 3, 2005 William Cody Forbes William Cody Forbes, 98, of Linville, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, in Life Care Center of Banner Elk. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Grandfather Chapel of Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Tanglewood cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service Alverda Candis Coffey and William Cody Forbes had the following children:
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