Tenth Generation

20879. Elsie Matthews was born on 3 March 1928 in Jones Hollow, KY. Elsie died on 1 April 2008 at the age of 80 in Somerset Twp., Pulaski Co., KY and was buried at Cedar Grove Church Cemetery in Stearns, McCreary Co., KY on 3 April 2008.⁴⁷⁶³¹

Obituary, McCreary County Record, Apr. 9, 2008

Elsie Coffey

Homemaker

Elsie Coffey, age 80 years, Stearns, Kentucky died April 1, 2008 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, Kentucky. Funeral services were held Thursday April 3, 2008 at the McCreary County Funeral Home with Bro. Estel Jones officiating. Burial was in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.

She was born at Jones Hollow, Kentucky on March 3, 1928 the daughter of the late Marcus and Flonnie Phillips Matthews. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cedar Grove United Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Grover Conley Coffey, two sons Larry Coffey and Randy Coffey, five brothers Logan Matthews, James Matthews, Marcus Matthews, Jr., Howard Matthews, and Larry Matthews, and three sisters Magaline Kidd, Evelyn Lee, and Nettie Phillips.

Survivors include two sons Sandy Coffey and Mark Coffey both of Stearns, Kentucky, seven daughters Helen Penick, Lois Sierra, Bonnie Shelton, and Elizabeth Gregory all of Stearns, Kentucky, Ellen Snyder, Mary Woodcock, and Lorraine Moss all of Louisville, Kentucky, and one brother Leonard Matthews of Pine Knot, Kentucky. 28 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild also survive.

McCreary County Funeral Home entrusted with the arrangements

Elsie Matthews and Grover Conley Coffey were married on 13 March 1947 in McCreary Co., KY.⁴⁴²⁷ Grover Conley Coffey, son of James Ode Coffey and Alcie Elizabeth Jones, was born on 22 December 1927 in McCreary Co., KY.⁴⁷⁶²⁸ He lived with his parents in McCreary Co., KY on 3 April 1930. Grover died in Kentucky on 18 August 1995. Cedar Grove Church Cemetery in Stearns, McCreary Co., KY on 21 August 1995 .^47629,47630

Death notice, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Sun., Aug. 20, 1995, Final Edition, Page B2

WHITLEY CITY -- Grover Conley Coffey, 67, Stearns, retired miner, husband of Elsie Coffey, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Visitation 6 p.m. today, McCreary County Funeral Home.

Elsie Matthews and Grover Conley Coffey had the following children: