Ninth Generation

16328. Mary Elsie Coffey was born on 5 September 1913 in Amherst Co., VA. Mary died on 6 November 2002 at the age of 89 at home in Vesuvius, Rockbridge Co., VA and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 8 November 2002.^28261,28262

Obituary, The Rockbridge Weekly, Nov. 13, 2002

Mary Elsie Coffey

Amherst Native Dies At Home Wednesday

Mary Elsie Coffey, 89, of Vesuvius, died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at her home. Mrs. Coffey was born on September 5, 1913 in Amherst County, a daughter of the late Hiter Coffey and Mary Higgenbothem Coffey. She was a member of the Macedonia Methodist church in Coffeytown and was preceded in death by he husband, Leonard Coffey.

Mrs. Coffey is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jenny and David Townsend, Clinton, CT; one son, Thomas Coffey, Vesuvius; two brothers, Hiter Coffey, Wiley Coffey, both of Amherst; three sisters; Helen Keith Agricola; Hazel Humston, Roanoke; Mildred Ray, Waynesboro; two grandchildren: Katelyn Townsend and Benjamin Townsend.

Graveside services were conducted at 111 a.m. Friday, November 8, 2002 in the Green Hill Cemetery with Rev. Murray Sallinger officiating.

There was no visitation at the funeral home. The arrangements were handled by the Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service in Buena Vista.

Mary Elsie Coffey and Leonard Carlyle Coffey were married. They appeared in the census on 16 May 1940 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.²⁸²⁶⁰ Leonard Carlyle Coffey, son of Arthur Coffey and Virginia Anne Davis, was born on 13 May 1903 in Virginia. He lived with his parents in Amherst Co., VA about 1903. He lived with his parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 16 May 1910. Leonard lived with his parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 22 January 1920. He lived with his parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 25 April 1930. Leonard died in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 23 August 1959 an acute myocardial infarction and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 25 August 1959 .^{28255,28256,28257,28258}

Mary Elsie Coffey and Leonard Carlyle Coffey had the following children: