Seventh Generation

5895. Sarah E. E. Coffey was born on 6 April 1879 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Sarah died of uremia on 19 June 1957 at the age of 78 at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 21 June 1957.^{19166,19167,19168}

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Jun. 20, 1957, Page 24

Mrs. Sarah C. Gragg

Lenoir, June 19 - Mrs. Sarah Coffey Gragg, 78, of Gragg, died this morning at a Blowing Rock hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church at Gragg, with the Rev. W. L. Brackett of Valdese officiating. Interment will be in the Gragg cemetery. She was born in Caldwell County. Surviving are five sons, L. O. Gragg and Gleason Gragg, both of Granite Falls, Columbus Gragg of Patterson and Joseph Gragg of Lenoir; five daughters, Misses Stella and Nannie Gragg, both of Gragg, Mrs. Florence Earp of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. Ceinia Teague of Blowing Rock and Mrs. Cora Woodruff of Lenoir; two brothers, William Coffey of Boone and James Coffey of Union Mills; 49 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Sarah E. E. Coffey and James Walter Gragg were married on 29 April 1906 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁶⁹ They^{¹⁹¹⁶⁹} appeared in the census on 10 May 1910 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁰ They^{¹⁹¹⁷⁰} appeared in the census on 21 January 1920 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷¹ James Walter Gragg, son of Leason O. Gragg and Martha Serena Coffey, was born on 9 October 1883 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with his parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 13 June 1900. James died of tuberculosis on 15 June 1926 at the age of 42 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at the home cemetery in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 18 June 1926.^19172,19173

Sarah E. E. Coffey and James Walter Gragg had the following children:

+12171	i.	Stella Lou Gragg.
+12172	ii.	Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Gragg.
+12173	iii.	Hester Gragg.
+12174	iv.	Florence Gragg.
+12175	v.	Columbus Newton Gragg.
+12176	vi.	Albert Robert Gragg.
+12177	vii.	Piolet Pauline Gragg.
+12178	viii.	Leason Obidiah Gragg.
+12179	ix.	Luecenia Gragg.
+12180	x.	Joseph Alexander Gragg.

Sarah E. E. Coffey and John Robert Joshua Gragg were married after 1930 in North Carolina.¹⁹¹⁷⁴ John Robert Joshua Gragg, son of Leason O. Gragg and Martha Serena Coffey, was born on 18 December 1878 in Gragg, Avery Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁵ He appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁶ He appeared in the census on 11 June 1940 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁷ John died of a coronary thrombosis on 8 January 1958 at the age of 79 at home in Linville, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC on 10 January 1958.^19178,19179 In the 1880 census he was enumerated as John R., age 1.