Eighth Generation

11924. William Glenn Coffey was born on 13 April 1909 in North Carolina. William resided with his parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 14 January 1920. William died on 24 February 1977 at the age of 67 in Alexander Co., NC and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{34429,34430,34431}

Obitituary

William Coffey

William Glenn Coffey, 67, of Rt. 1, Hidennite, died Thursday, Feb. 24.

Services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Boone Fork Baptist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Coffey is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Corrigan, Mrs. Lorene Tedder, Mrs. Shirley Faye and Mrs. Linda Sipe, all of Alexander County; two sons, Jerry Coffey of Mississippi, Clyde H. Coffey of Alexander County; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Day of the Boone Form community, and Mrs. Ella Smith of Morganton.

Arrangements were handled by Adams Funeral Home in Taylorsville.

William Glenn Coffey and Annie Rivers "Nannie" Coffey were married on 8 February 1930 in Boone, Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁴³² They³⁴⁴³² appeared in the census on 22 April 1940 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁴³³ Annie Rivers "Nannie" Coffey, daughter of Jesse Cleveland Coffey and Elizabeth Lutisha Loudermilk, was born on 1 January 1910 in Avery Co., NC. Annie died at home in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 15 April 1952 from an accidental gunshot wound to abdomen and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 17 April 1952 .^{34434,34435,34436,34437}

News Item, The Durham Sun, Durham, NC, Wed., Apr 16, 1952, Page: 1

Mother Of 7 Killed By Son

Boone, N. C. (AP) - An inquest will be held here Friday in the fatal shooring yesterday of Mrs. Glenn Coffey, 40, mother of seven.

According to Sheriff A. J. Edmiston, Mrs. Coffey was shot by her 15-year-old son, Clyde, with a 12-gauge shotgun at her home five miles east of here on U. S. 421 about noon. The sheriff said Clyde was sitting with the shotgun on his lap after having had a argument with his brother, Jerry, 18.

Mrs. Coffey was standing close to Jerry in an adjoining room when the gun discharged. She was wounded in the abdomen and died before she could be gotten to a hospital.

William Glenn Coffey and Annie Rivers "Nannie" Coffey had the following children: