Seventh Generation

5481. Maggie Mae Coffey was born on 25 June 1882 in Alabama. Maggie died in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 8 January 1932. Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 9 January 1932 .¹⁷⁷⁵⁰

Funeral On Saturday, Short Illness Proves Fatal To Woman

Mrs. Maggie May Montgomery, 49, resident of Moulton route 5, passed away this morning at seven o'clock at the residence, following an illness of only 16 days duration.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Pleasant Grove church at Wren, Rev. Royer, of the Moulton Baptist church conducting the ceremony. Interment will be made at Montgomery cemetery, Priest directing.

Pallbearers will be five brothers, Will, Arthur, Elmer, Russell Coffey and Lewis Coffey and a cousin, D. McCarty.

The deceased is survived by her husband, Buck Montgomery, three sons, Paul, Neal and Clifton and one daughter, Lois. Five brothers, Will, Arthur, Elmer and Russell Coffey of the Moulton section and Lewis Coffey of Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Four sisters also survive; Mrs. Mattie DeGraffenreid and Mrs. Myrtle Roper, of Decatur; Mrs. Maud Johnson and Mrs. Mamie Montgomery, of Moulton route five.

Maggie Mae Coffey and Clarence Marvin "Buck" Montgomery were married on 10 September 1902 in Lawrence Co., AL.¹⁷⁷⁵¹ Clarence Marvin "Buck" Montgomery, son of Andrew Jackson Montgomery and Cynthia Parks, was born on 4 August 1879. Clarence died in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 24 June 1965 and was buried at Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL in June 1965 .¹⁷⁷⁵²

Maggie Mae Coffey and Clarence Marvin "Buck" Montgomery had the following children:

11444	i.	Everet Oneal "Neal" Montgomery was born on 26 July 1906. Everet died on 2 April 1989 and was buried at Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL in April 1989 .¹⁷⁷⁵³
11445	ii.	Clarence Clifton Montgomery was born on 16 March 1909 in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL. Clarence died in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 14 October 2003 and was buried at Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL in October 2003 .¹⁷⁷⁵⁴
11446	iii.	Lois Montgomery was born on 29 November 1913 in Alabama. Lois died in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX on 29 August 1986 and was buried at Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 2 September 1986 .¹⁷⁷⁵⁵
11447	iv.	Thomas Paul Montgomery was born on 25 May 1920 in Alabama. Thomas died at Lawrence County Hospital in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 20 March 2012 and was buried at Montgomery Cemetery in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 23 March 2012 .¹⁷⁷⁵⁶ Obituary, The Decatur Daily, Decatur, AL, Thu., Mar. 22, 2012 Paul Montgomery Moulton Funeral services for Thomas Paul Montgomery, 91, of Moulton will be Friday, March 23, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Moulton First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Eric Brown officiating and Elliott Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from noon to 1:45 p.m. at the church. Mr. Montgomery died March 20, 2012 at Lawrence County Hospital. He was born May 25, 1920, to Clarence Marvin "Buck" Montgomery and Maggie Mae Coffey Montgomery. He graduated from Lawrence County High School in 1939 and attended Massey Business College in Birmingham. He went to work for Joe Wheeler Co-op in 1940 as an electrician and was a member of the IBEW for 71 years. He was working at Reynolds Aluminum at the start of World War II and had a defense-related deferment, but turned it down to volunteer for the U.S. Navy where he served in the Pacific until the end of the war. After the war, he worked for TVA at Colbert Steam Plant, Wilson Dam, Wheeler Dam and Pickwick Dam. He also worked at the Huntsville (now Redstone) Arsenal on the original construction, and on the building of the plant which became Chemstrand (Monsanto/Solutia). In 1956, he opened Montgomery Furniture and Appliance in Moulton and operated it for 30 years. He then retired to cattle farming and land development. He was a 60-year member of Moulton First United Methodist Church, and one of the founders of the Moulton Civitan Club as well as Little League baseball in Moulton, which he coached for several years. He was a member of the American Legion since World War II. He was a two-term member of the Lawrence County Board of Education through the 1960s and early 1970s. He was also a Thirty-third Degree Mason and a Shriner. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Everett Oneal "Neal" Montgomery and Clarence Clifton Montgomery; and sister, Maggie Lois Montgomery Almon. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Helen Terry Montgomery; sons, Andy (Laurie) and Harry (Mary Jane); and grandchildren, Robert (Sara), Carson and Meredith Montgomery; and stepmother, Helen Montgomery Parker, all of Moulton. Pallbearers will be nephews, Clay Almon, Steve Almon, Willard Terry, Arthur Warren Sanderson, Bobby Sanderson, Dwight Sanderson and Richard I. Proctor.