| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation12372. Delores Coffey was born on 8 April 1928 in Avery Co., NC.36175 Delores Coffey and Gordon Donald Gragg were married. Gordon Donald Gragg, son of Donald Taylor Gragg and Etta Hollander, was born on 10 February 1924 in Wyoming Co., WV. Gordon died on 28 December 2002 at the age of 78 at the Summit at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill, Wyoming Co., WV and was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV. Gordon Donald Gragg Gordon Donald Gragg, 78, of MacArthur, died Saturday, December 28, 2002 at the Summit at Hidden Valley in Oak Hill following a long illness. Born February 10, 1924 in Wyoming Co., he was the son of the late Donald Taylor and Etta Holander Gragg. Mr. Gragg retired from West Moreland Coal Co. He also worked as an auto salesman for Lewis Chevrolet in Beckley. Mr. Gragg spent part of his life in Boone, NC and spent the last 54 years in Raleigh, NC. He was a member of Sophia Freewill Baptist Church and the UMWA Local No. 5770 at Eccles. He served faithfully in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Larkin and Ella Gragg of Linville, Nc; maternal grandparents, Henry and Jane Hollander of Roseborogh, NC; sister Norma Lee Heath, half brother, Franklin Coffey and step father, Coleman Coffey. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Delores Coffey Gragg, two sons, Donald Roger Gragg of Shady Spring and Timothy Keith Gragg of Hudson, NC; two daughters, Donna C. Covey and husband Don of Hudson, NC and Rita June Meek and husband Dennis of Lenoir, NC; two granddaughters, two grandsons; one great granddaughter and two half brothers, Larry Wayne Coffey and Wade Coffey both of Linville, NC. Services were held on Monday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckly with Rev. George Smith officiating. Burial followed in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckly. Contributions of sympathy may be sent to the Alzheimers Unit, Hidden Valley, 438 23rd street, Oak Hill, WV 25901 or the Heart Associations, PO Box 12110, Charleston, WV 25304, or Lung Association, PO Box 3980 Charleston WV 25339-3980. Arrangements were made by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley. |