Seventh Generation

5887. Perry Elmore Coffey was born on 25 March 1892 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹⁰⁹⁵ Perry died of a pulmonary embolism on 5 December 1974 at the age of 82 at Grace Hospital in Morgenton, Burke Co., NC and was buried at Tate Famiy Cemetery in Linville, Avery Co., NC on 7 December 1974.^{19096,19097,19098}

Perry Elmore Coffey and Cora Lizenkia Clark were married on 21 December 1926 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹⁰⁹⁹ They¹⁹⁰⁹⁹ appeared in the census on 10 April 1930 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁰⁰ They¹⁹¹⁰⁰ appeared in the census on 3 May 1940 in Pineola, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁰¹ Cora Lizenkia Clark, daughter of William Elgie Clarke and Margaret Sarilda Bowman, was born on 28 September 1905 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Cora died on 20 February 2010 at the age of 104 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Tate Famiy Cemetery in Linville, Avery Co., NC.^{19102,19103,19104}

Obituary, Morganton News Herald, Feb. 21, 2010

Cora Lizenkia Clark Coffey, age 104, of Lenoir, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, February 20th 2010. Cora was born the daughter of the late William Elgie Clark and Margaret Bowman Clark on September 28th 1905 at Harper's Creek, NC. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ in Lenoir, and was loved by all who knew her. Cora enjoyed being a wife and mother. She was known for her wonderful cooking, gardening and sewing skills. Cora will be greatly missed.

Along with her parents, Cora is preceded in death by her husband, Perry Elmore Coffey; three sons; Alvin Matthew Coffey, Floyd Noah Coffey and Perry Jay Coffey; a daughter, Bessie Lucille Carswell; eight brothers; eight sisters; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Those left behind to cherish her memory include two daughters, Violet Passmore and her husband, Jerdy, and Viola Cox and her husband, Roy, both of Lenoir; three sisters; Dovie Mae Tallent of San Francisco, CA, Pearl Buchanan of Glen Alpine, and Artie Patton of Lenoir. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren, and numerous great, great-great, and a sixth generation grandson.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 in the chapel of Kirksey Funeral Home with Bishop Cade Burns and Pastor Michael Owens officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Interment will be held at 3:30 P.M. at the Tate Family Cemetery in Pineola.

Perry Elmore Coffey and Cora Lizenkia Clark had the following children: