Eighth Generation

11754. Elsie L. Coffey was born on 30 July 1899 in North Carolina. Elsie died in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 15 October 1979 and was buried at Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC in October 1979 .^33712,33713

Elsie L. Coffey and Arthur Swan Blankenship were married on 26 November 1919 in Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³³⁷¹⁴ Arthur Swan Blankenship, son of Max M. Blankenship and Claudia A. Bowman, was born in 1896 in North Carolina. Arthur died in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 7 May 1980 and was buried at Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC in May 1980 .^{33715,33716,33717}

Elsie L. Coffey and Arthur Swan Blankenship had the following children:

18168	i.	Merle Marie Blankenship was born on 16 December 1920 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She died of cerebro-spinal meningitis on 27 March 1930 at the age of 9 at home in Wittenburg Twp., Alexander Co., NC. Friendship Cemetery in Alexander Co., NC on 28 March 1930 .^33718,33719
+18169	ii.	Pauline Blankenship.