Ninth Generation

15554. John Herbert Coffey was born on 20 August 1906 in Wayne Co., KY. He lived with his parents in Ritner, Wayne Co., KY on 12 May 1910. He lived with his parents in Slavans, McCreary Co., KY on 17 January 1920. John died on 5 January 1962 at the age of 55 in McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY.⁴¹³⁷⁶

John Herbert Coffey and Lillie Dobbs were married on 23 November 1933 in McCreary Co., KY.²¹⁷⁶⁸ They^{²¹⁷⁶⁸} appeared in the census on 10 May 1940 in McCreary Co., KY.⁴¹³⁷⁷ Lillie Dobbs, daughter of Thomas Dobbs and Julia Jones, was born on 30 November 1910 in Whitley Co., KY. Lillie died on 19 September 2000 at the age of 89 in Stearns, McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY.⁴¹³⁷⁸

Lillie Dobbs Coffey was born November 30, 1910 at Worley Hill Top to Thomas and Julie Jones Dobbs and departed from this life Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at her old home place on Rattlesnake Ridge.

Funeral services will be held Friday, September 22, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cherokee United Baptist Church in Stearns, Kentucky with Bro. Wayne Inman, Bro. George Allen Coffey, and Bro. Rick Cox officiating. Burial will follow in the Sherd Dobbs Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the family home in Stearns on Thursday, September 21, 2000 after 4:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 22, 2000 until funeral service time.

She joined Wolf Creek United Baptist Church in 1923 and moved her letter to Cherokee United Baptist Church in 1966 in which she was a charter member.

She was united in marriage to John Herbert Coffey on November 23, 1933. To this union 10 children were born. Surviving children are Daniel Coffey and his wife, Wanda of Strunk, Kentucky, Wanda Coffey Burke and her husband, Hall of Stearns, Kentucky, Lois Coffey Koger and her husband, Wendell of Muncie, Indiana, Elsie Coffey Gregory and her husband, Dick, of Muncie, Indiana, Kenneth Coffey and his wife, Mable, of Marshes Siding, Kentucky, Kelly Coffey and his wife, Janet, of Muncie, Indiana, Bob Coffey and his wife, Janice, of Stearns, Kentucky, and Doris Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky.

Her husband, John Herbert and two sons, Lloyd William and Dallas precedes her in death. Also preceding her in death are two sisters, Mary and Bessie, three brothers, Sherdie, Parker, and Josh.

She has 20 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild.

She has three sisters, Esther, Dora, and Edith all of Stearns, Kentucky, and one brother, Jobe of Stearns, Kentucky.

She leaves a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends to mourn her passing.

She was a loving mother, granny, and a great friend to all that knew her.

Hickman Strunk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

John Herbert Coffey and Lillie Dobbs had the following children:

+20777	i.	Daniel Coffey.
20778	ii.	Living was born circa 1938 in Kentucky.
20779	iii.	Dallas Coffey was born on 1 November 1944 in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY. Dallas died of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever on 4 October 1947 at the age of 2 at Somerset City Hospital in Somerset Twp., Pulaski Co., KY and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY.^41379,41380
20780	iv.	Doris Coffey was born on 9 April 1953 in Stearns, McCreary Co., KY. Doris died in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY on 18 February 2015 and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Whitley City, McCreary Co., KY on 21 February 2015 .^41381,41382 Obituary, The McCreary County Record, Whitley City, KY, Wed., Feb. 25, 2015 Doris Coffey age 61 years, 10 months, and 9 days of Stearns, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Wayne Inman and Bro. George Allen Coffey officiating. Burial followed in the Sherd Dobbs Cemetery. She was born April 9, 1953 in Stearns, Kentucky to Herbert Coffey and Lillie (Dobbs) Coffey. Doris was a member of the Cherokee Baptist Church. She enjoyed puzzles and walking. Preceding her in death are her parents; grandparents, Rubin and Alice Coffey and Thomas and Julie Dobbs; brothers, Lloyd Williams, Daniel, and Dallas Coffey; sisters, Wanda Burke, Lois Koger, and Elsie Gregory; a niece, Melissa Lynn Coffey; a nephew, Nelson Anthony Coffey; and a sister-in-law, Janice Coffey. Survivors include her brothers, Kenneth Coffey and wife, Mable, of Strunk, Kentucky, Kelly Coffey and wife, Janet, of Muncie, Indiana, and Bobby Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky; a sister-in-law, Wanda Coffey; brothers-in-law, Willis Burke, Wendell Koger, and Dester Gregory; 21 nieces and nephews; 33 great nieces and nephews, 18 great-great nieces and nephews; and a special friend at the nursing home, Abbie Campbell. Condolences may be left for the family at www.strunkfuneralhome.net Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home served the family of Miss Doris Coffey.