Eighth Generation

12023. Wesley Partee Coffey was born on 19 November 1903 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^34789,34790 He is found in deed of record on 24 February 1972 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC in which he and wife Allie transferred properety to son Wm. T. Coffey and his wife Elizabeth. The property transferred contained approximately 60 acres, and was part of the same property conveyed by Wm. T. Coffey and wife Ruby Lee Coffey to Wesley P. Coffey on Sep. 12, 1952, recorded in Book 281, Page 266, in the Caldwell Co. Registry.³⁴⁷⁹¹ Wesley died in Collettsville, Caldwell Co., NC on 14 February 1983 and was buried at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in February 1983 .^{34789,34792,34793}

Wesley Partee Coffey and Alice Mae "Allie" Philyaw were married on 22 December 1923 in Lower Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.^34794,34795 They^{^34794,34795} appeared in the census on 7 April 1930 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁷⁹⁶ They^{³⁴⁷⁹⁶} appeared in the census on 14 May 1940 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁷⁹⁷ Alice Mae "Allie" Philyaw, daughter of Pinckney David Philyaw and Mary Lillie Phillips, was born on 16 May 1909 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁷⁹⁸ She lived with her parents in Ervinton, Dickenson Co., VA on 22 January 1920. Allie died on 30 December 1996 at the age of 87 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^{34799,34800,34801}

Obituary, The News-Topic, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC

Allie Coffey

Allie May Philyaw Coffey, 87, formerly of Collettsville, died Monday, Dec. 30, 1996.

She was born May 16, 1909 in Caldwell County to the late Pinkney David Philyaw and Lillie Phillips Philyaw. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wesley P. Coffey; two sons, Albert and Ira Coffey; one daughter, Cora Lee Coffey; four brothers, David, James, Floyd and Herman Philyaw; and one sister, Jennie Pritchard.

Mrs. Coffey was a homemaker and a member of Green Valley Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, William T. Coffey of Collettsville and Claude M. Coffey of Hudson; one daughter, Carrie Coffey Cook of Lenoir; one sister, Millie Bowman of Collettsville, 11 grandchildren and 15 grat-grandchildren.

The funeral is 2 p.m. today at Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Gragg officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends today from 1 - 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Wesley Partee Coffey and Alice Mae "Allie" Philyaw had the following children:

+18550	i.	William Thomas Coffey.
18551	ii.	Unnamed Coffey was born on 9 July 1926 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴⁸⁰² This unnamed child was stillborn on 9 July 1926 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Tolbert Cemetery in Mortimer, Caldwell Co., NC on 10 July 1926.^34803,34804
18552	iii.	Albert Wesley Coffey was born on 7 August 1927 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Albert enlisted in the on 31 October 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.³⁴⁸⁰⁵ Albert died of severe gastritis and colitis on 21 May 1950 at the age of 22 at Lenoir Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Crisp Family Cemetery in Collettsville, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 May 1950.^{34806,34807,34808} Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Tue., May 23, 1950, Page 20 Albert Coffey Lenoir, May 22.--Albert W. Coffey, 22, caretaker at Johns River Camp near Collettsville, died yesterday following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Surviving are his wife, a son, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley P. Coffey and three brothers.
+18553	iv.	Ira Edwin Coffey.
+18554	v.	Claude Milton Coffey.
18555	vi.	Unnamed Coffey was born on 25 February 1934 in Watauga Co., NC. Unnamed died in Watauga Co., NC on 25 February 1934 premature birth Watauga Co., NC on 26 February 1934.³⁴⁸⁰⁹
18556	vii.	Cora Lee Coffey was born on 25 July 1935 in Watauga Co., NC. Cora died of asphyxia on 28 July 1942 at the age of 7 at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC and was buried at Richlands Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 29 July 1942.^34810,34811