| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation11761. Elma Beatrice Coffey was born on 10 August 1893 in Watauga Co., NC. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.20053 Elma died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 7 August 1988 and was buried in Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Connell Springs, Burke Co., NC in August 1988 .20054,20055 Elma was probably a Coffey, and the widow of Thomas A. Gragg at the time she married William. The 1930 Watauga Co. census lists a widow Elma Gragg, age 36, with two children; Olin D., age 16, and Christine, age 7. Elma Beatrice Coffey and Thomas Aran Gragg were married on 5 November 1912 in Watauga Co., NC.20051 They20051 appeared in the census on 6 January 1920 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.20052 Thomas Aran Gragg, son of William Finley Gragg and Mary M. Gragg, was born in May 1891 in Watauga Co., NC. Thomas died of a hemorrhage from axillary vessels on 7 July 1920 at the age of 29 in Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC and was buried in the family cemetery at Shulls Mill, Watauga Co., NC on 8 July 1920.20049,20050 "Mr. Thos. Gragg Killed "On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Thomas Gragg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Finley Gragg, and a trusted employee of the Boone Fork Lumber people ever since the Company began operations in the county, met his death in a most peculiar way. He was logging, using a double-bladed axe, and when he stopped to eat his lunch at noon, he stuck the axe in the log he was cutting. After eating and resting, he lighted his pipe and returned to his work. "In attempting to step up on the log his foot slipped and he fell his full weight on the blade of the axe which buried itself in his side, death resulting before surgical aid could reach him. Interment was made near his home the following day, his kinsman, the Rev. E. M. Gragg, conducting the funeral. Deceased leaves a young wife and two small children." Elma Beatrice Coffey and Thomas Aran Gragg had the following children:
Elma Beatrice Coffey and William Gordon Coffey were married on 24 August 1932 in Watauga Co., NC.33371 They33371 appeared in the census on 1 April 1940 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.33372 William Gordon Coffey, son of Thomas Calton Coffey and Martha Ellen Cook, was born on 29 November 1884 in Watauga Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Watauga Co., NC.33363 William died in Burke Co., NC on 5 July 1959 and was buried at Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Connell Springs, Burke Co., NC in July 1959 .33364,33365 Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC William G. Coffey LENOIR, July 7 - Funeral services for William Gordon Coffey, 74, of Route 1, Hudson, were conducted this afternoon at Mountain Grove Baptist Church by the Revs. Howard McGhinnis and W. T. Brackett. Burial was in the church cemetery. Coffey died at his home Sunday after an illness of five weeks. He was a retired farmer and a native of Watauga County. Surviving are his wife; a son, Bobby Coffey of Route 1, Hudson; three daughters, Mrs. Chloe Henderson of Boone, Mrs. Clara Miller of Stanley and Mrs. Willa Jean Church of Ohio; a stepson, O. D. Gragg of Route 3, Lenoir; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Christine Austine of Boone; two brothers, Marion Coffey of Blowing Rock and Joe Coffey of Deep Gap; three sisters, Mrs. Julie Hampton and Mrs. Roxie Brown of Boone; 21 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren. Elma Beatrice Coffey and William Gordon Coffey had the following children:
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