Seventh Generation

5482. Mattie Edna Coffey was born on 4 July 1886 in Alabama. She lived with her parents in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on 21 June 1900. Mattie died in Decatur, Morgan Co., AL on 27 March 1936 and was buried at Roselawn Gardens of Memory in Decatur, Morgan Co., AL on 28 March 1936 .¹⁷⁷⁵⁷

Obituary, The Decatur Daily, Mar. 28, 1936

Mrs. Mattie DeGraffenreid, aged 52 years, died Sunday morning at two o'clock following an extended illness at her home, 204 6th Avenue north.

Funeral services were being held this afternoon at Drinkard-Howell funeral parlors, the service being conducted by Rev. Coffee. Interment followed at Roselawn cemetery, Drinkard-Howell directing the burial.

The following were pallbearers; N.C. Copeland, Robert Owen, Frank Minor, Charles Weaver, Alvie Bryant, John E. McMurray. The following handled the flowers: Mrs. N. C. Copeland, Mrs. Christine Weaver, Mrs. Robert Owen, Mrs. Alvie Bryant, Mrs. John E. McMurray and Mrs. James Gosline.

The deceased is survived by her husband, O. M. DeGraffenreid; one daughter, Mrs. E. S. Johnson, two sons, Murray and Theo, two grandchildren, three sisters and five brothers.

Mattie Edna Coffey and Orson Murray "Old Timer" de Graffenried were married on 4 December 1901 in Lawrence Co., AL.^17758,17759 They^17758,17759 appeared in the census on 2 May 1910 in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL.¹⁷⁷⁶⁰ They¹⁷⁷⁶⁰ appeared in the census on 5 January 1920 in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL.¹⁷⁷⁶¹ Orson Murray "Old Timer" de Graffenried was born on 20 November 1882 in Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Lawrence Co., AL.¹⁷⁷⁶² Orson died in Decatur, Morgan Co., AL on 20 January 1968 and was buried at Roselawn Gardens of Memory in Decatur, Morgan Co., AL on 21 January 1968 .¹⁷⁷⁶³

Obituary, The Decatur Daily, Jan. 21, 1968

ORSON MURRAY DeGRAFFENRIED

O.M. (Old Timer) DeGraffenried, 87, 806 Cedar St, died Saturday night at a local hospital. Funeral services for the Lawrence County native will be announced later by Guntharp Funeral Home.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Florence DeGraffenried; two sons, Murry, of Decatur and Theo of Pensacola, Fla; a daughter, Mrs. Regina Backus, Fort Hood, Texas; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Gus Rombokas, Trinity; a foster son, W.K. Cartee, Decatur; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

This surname has been found spelled several ways, most noteably Degraffenreid, Degraffenried, De Graffenried, DeGraffenreid and de Graffenried. I have chosen to use the latter.

Mattie Edna Coffey and Orson Murray "Old Timer" de Graffenried had the following children: