Ninth Generation

16299. Walter Rucker Coffey was born on 22 October 1889 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.⁵¹²⁶ He lived with his parents in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 9 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917⁴²³⁴⁸ Walter died at Holston Valley Community Hospital in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN on 10 March 1959 of sudden cardiac arrhythmia and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN in March 1959 .^{42349,42350,42351,42352,42353}

Walter Rucker Coffey and Bertha B. Hankla were married on 16 November 1915 in Graham, Virginia.⁴²³⁵⁴ Walter Rucker and Bertha B.⁴²³⁵⁴ appeared in the census on 10 January 1920 with the William E. Francis family in Princeton, Mercer Co., WV.⁴²³⁵⁵ They⁴²³⁵⁵ appeared in the census on 3 April 1930 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., WV.⁴²³⁵⁶ They⁴²³⁵⁶ appeared in the census on 17 April 1940 in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.⁴²³⁵⁷ Bertha B. Hankla, daughter of William L. Hankla and Carlie V. Shinkle, was born on 17 August 1886. Bertha died in 1947 and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN in 1947 .⁴²³⁵⁸

Walter Rucker Coffey and Bertha B. Hankla had the following children:

Walter Rucker Coffey and Bernice Vest Hamilton were married on 16 October 1948 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA.⁴²³⁵⁹ Bernice Vest Hamilton, daughter of R. L. Vest and Tilda Taylor, was born on 30 August 1910 in Pikeville, Pike Co., KY.