Eighth Generation

12260. Elva May Gragg was born on 30 December 1905 in Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁹¹ Elva May died on 1 February 1989 at the age of 83 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at New Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{35692,35693,35694}

Elva May Gragg and George Dewey Coffey were married on 21 September 1929 in Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁹⁵ They^{³⁵⁶⁹⁵} appeared in the census on 14 June 1940 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁹⁶ George Dewey Coffey, son of Augustus Fenemore Coffey and Betty Beard, was born on 2 October 1898 in Avery Co., NC. He lived with his parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 5 May 1910. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁹⁷ He lived with his parents in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 17 January 1920. George died on 24 February 1946 at the age of 47 in Crossnore, Avery Co., NC and was buried at Cary Flat Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{35698,35699,35700}

Elva May Gragg and George Dewey Coffey had the following children:

+18858	i.	Norma Lee Coffey.
+18859	ii.	Dorothy June Coffey.
+18860	iii.	George Hubert Coffey.
+18861	iv.	Ruby Evelyn Coffey.
18862	v.	Living was born in 1940 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁷⁰¹
+18863	vi.	Shirley L. Coffey.
18864	vii.	Velda R. Coffey was born on 24 December 1945 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.³⁵⁷⁰²