Eighth Generation

11751. Sidney Lee Coffey was born on 27 July 1891 in North Carolina. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.³³⁷⁰¹ Sidney died of acute peritonitis on 30 January 1963 at the age of 71 at the Hickory Memorial Hospital in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 1 February 1963.^{33702,33703,33704}

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Fri., Jan. 31, 1963, Page B3

Sidney Lee Coffey

Hickory, Jan. 30 - Sidney Lee Coffey, 72, of Route 2, Granite Falls, died today in Hickory hospital. He was a native of Caldwell County, a retired farmer and a veteran of World War I.

Survivors: his wife; two daughters, Miss Muriel Coffey of the home and Miss Vera Coffey of Milwaukee, Wis.; two sons, Harley Coffey of Valdese and Hubert Coffey of Hickory; and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Blankenship of Taylorsville and Mrs. Sarah Flowers of Monroe.

Sidney Lee Coffey and Hattie Pearl Starnes were married on 8 April 1925 in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC.³³⁷⁰⁵ They^{³³⁷⁰⁵} lived with his parents in Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 8 April 1930. Hattie Pearl Starnes was born on 9 February 1899 in Alexander Co., NC. Hattie died on 4 July 1998 at the age of 99 in Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.³³⁷⁰⁶

Sidney Lee Coffey and Hattie Pearl Starnes had the following children:

18164	i.	Hubert Conrad Coffey was born on 24 February 1926 in Granite Falls, Caldwell Co., NC.³³⁷⁰⁷ Hubert died in Clearwater, Pinellas Co., FL on 7 September 1997 and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC in September 1997 .^33708,33709
18165	ii.	Muriel Aline Coffey was born on 21 November 1927 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.³³⁷¹⁰ Muriel died on 4 July 2011 at the age of 83 at Catawba Palliative Care Center & Hospice in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 6 July 2011.³³⁷¹¹ Obituary, Hickory Daily Record, Jul. 5, 2011 Muriel Aline Coffey, 83, of Hickory, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011 at Palliative Care Center & Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born November 21, 1927 in Caldwell County, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Lee Coffey and Hettie Starnes Coffey. She was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers: Hubert Coffey and Harley E. Coffey. She is survived by her sister, Vera M. Coffey of Hickory, NC. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in the chapel at Bass-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Marietta Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Catawba Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 2 – 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Palliative Care Center & Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Rd., Newton, NC 28658. Bass-Smith Funeral Home is serving the family of Muriel Aline Coffey.
+18166	iii.	Harley Edgar Coffey.
18167	iv.	Vera Mae Coffey was born on 5 April 1933 in Alexander Co., NC. Vera died in Newton, Catawba Co., NC on 4 September 2017 and her burial place is unknown to me. Obituary, The Hickory Daily Record, Wed., Sep. 6, 2017 HICKORY Vera Mae Coffey, 84, of Hickory, passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, at Catawba Regional Hospice in Newton. Miss Coffey was born April 5, 1933, in Alexander County, to the late Sidney Lee Coffey and Hettie Starnes Coffey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Hubert Conrad Coffey and Harley Edgar Coffey, and one sister, Muriel Aline Coffey. She was a member of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., was previously a professor at California Institute of Technology, and also worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as a management analyst. Memorials may be made in her honor to the charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be sent at www.bass-smithfuneralhome.com. Bass-Smith Funeral Home & Crematory in Hickory is serving the family of Vera Mae Coffey.