Eighth Generation

12280. George Dewey Coffey 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}

George Dewey Coffey and Elva May Gragg 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 Elva May Gragg, daughter of David Obadiah Gragg and Frances Elizabeth Dellinger, 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}

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

+18857	i.	Norma Lee Coffey.
+18858	ii.	Dorothy June Coffey.
+18859	iii.	George Hubert Coffey.
+18860	iv.	Ruby Evelyn Coffey.
18861	v.	Living.
+18862	vi.	Shirley L. Coffey.
18863	vii.	Velda R. Coffey.