| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation12258. Walter Raleigh Gragg was born on 18 October 1900 in Avery Co., NC.34115 Walter died in Watauga Co., NC on 12 March 1987.34116 Walter Raleigh Gragg and Ellis Coffey were married on 22 January 1921 in Avery Co., NC.34113 They34113 appeared in the census on 5 April 1930 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.34114 Ellis Coffey, daughter of Francis Richmond Coffey and Etta Mae Hayes, was born on 10 July 1903 in Avery Co., NC. She lived with her parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 7 May 1910. She lived with her parents in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 17 January 1920. Ellis died on 15 April 1994 at the age of 90 at Life Care Center in Banner Elk, Avery Co., NC and was buried at New Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.34111,34112 Obituary Ellis Gragg Ellis Coffey Gragg, 90, of Route 1, Blowing Rock, died Friday, April 15, 1994 at Life Care Center in Banner Elk. She was born July 10, 1903, in Avery County to the late Richmond and Etta Hayes Coffey. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter R. Gragg; four brothers, Fred Coffey, Edgar Coffey, Dallas Coffey and Donald Coffey; and four sisters, Queen Gragg, Agnes Coffey, Ennis Coffey and Exie Coffey. Mrs. Gragg was a homemaker and a member of New Hopewell Baptist Church. Survivors include five daughters, Ruth Gragg and Irene McGuire, both of Lenoir, Ethel Johnson of Vilas, Aloma Osborne, of Blowing Rock and Rachel Norwood of Banner Elk; three sons, Rome Gragg of Waterford, Mich., Howard Gragg and Dallas Gragg, both of Blowing Rock; two sisters, Dollie Gragg of Lenoir and Neta Gragg of Hudson; 32 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren. The funeral is 2 p.m. today at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel in Boone with the Revs. Gary Gragg and Darrell Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Gragg Family Cemetery in Avery County. Walter Raleigh Gragg and Ellis Coffey had the following children:
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