Eighth Generation

12219. Mary Emaline "Polly" Townsend was born on 6 April 1915 in North Carolina. Mary died in Wise Co., VA on 3 August 1968 and was buried at the Coffey Family Cemetery in East Stone Gap, Wise Co., VA in August 1968 .³⁵²⁷⁹

Mary Emaline "Polly" Townsend and Wheeler Eden Coffey were married. They appeared in the census on 6 June 1940 in Richmond Dist., Wise Co., VA.³⁵²⁷⁸ Wheeler Eden Coffey, son of Cleveland Napoleon Coffey and Mary L. Ramsey, was born on 2 March 1910 in Avery Co., NC.³⁵²⁷⁴ Wheeler died on 17 September 2003 at the age of 93 at home in Morganton, Burke Co., NC and was buried at Calloway Cemetery in Pineola, Avery Co., NC.^{35275,35276,35277}

Obituary, The News-Topic, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC, Sep. 19, 2003

Wheeler Coffey

Wheeler Eden Coffey, 93, of Gates Avenue, Morganton, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, at his residence following a period of declining health.

He was born March 1, 1910, in Avery County, the son of the late Cleveland and Mary Ramsey Coffey. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his first wife, Polly E. Townsend; his second wife, Annie Lee Crump; a half-brother, and 15 grandchildren.

Mr. Coffey was the oldest active member of Zion Road Baptist Church.

He is survived by a son, James E. Coffey of Lenoir; daughters, Mary Rainey and Nancy Adams, both of Big Stone Gap, Va., Julie Orange of East Stone Gap, Va., Shirley Lawson of Dryden, Va. and Rosalee Carswell of Mt. Airy, MD; a stepson, Charlie C. Coffey of Beech Mountain; stepdaughters, Pauline Sprouse and Christine Clark, both of Morganton and Shirley G. Burse of Spruce Pine; 52 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great grandchildren, and three great-great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home with the Rev. Micah Piercy officiating. Burial will follow in the Calloway Cemetery.

The family will receive friends today from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home, and other times at the residence, 1345 Gates Ave., Morganton.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Hospice of Burke County, P.O. Box 1029, Valdese, N.C. 28690 or: Zion Road Baptist Church, 2328 Zion Road, Morganton, N.C. 28655.

Mary Emaline "Polly" Townsend and Wheeler Eden Coffey had the following children: