| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation9342. Kelley Elwood Coffey Sr. was born on 17 July 1903 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA. Kelley Sr. died on 17 February 1977 at the age of 73 in Staunton, Independent City., VA and was buried at Sherando Methodist Church Cemetery in Sherando, Augusta Co., VA.28489 Kelley Elwood Coffey Sr. and Blanche Elizabeth Hyden were married circa 1925 in Virginia. Kelly Elwood Coffey, Sr.’s was married to Blanche Elizabeth Hyden (1903 - 1954) resulting in a son Kelley E. Coffey Jr. I don’t know Kelley Jr.’s wife’s name but his son is Roy Dale Coffey. I imagine the name “Roy” comes from Blanche’s father, Joseph Roy Hyden (known as Uncle Roy to my Mom). Joseph Roy Hyden (1877 – 1950) is the oldest child of David Marshall Hyden and his first wife, Sarah Isabell Fellers (her middle name is spelled “Isabelah” on her tombstone). Joseph Roy Hyden was married Ida Virginia Balsley (1879-1965). After Blanche died in 1954, Kelly Elwood Coffey, Sr. married Ada Lavell Hyden (1903-1971) (who was my great aunt). Ada was the youngest child of David Marshall Hyden and his second wife Hannah Susan Smith. So that makes Blanche (Kelley’s 1st wife) the aunt of Ada (Kelley’s 2nd wife). They were both born the same year. One was the oldest granddaughter David Marshall Hyden, while the other was the youngest daughter of the same man, David Marshall Hyden. Kelly Elwood Coffey, Sr. was the 2nd marriage for Ada Lavell Hyden. Her first marriage (in 1925) was to Walter Demastus. She gave birth to a baby girl in 1928 but, as the story goes, the doctor was drunk and dropped the baby, killing her. The infant is buried at the Methodist Church Cemetery in Sherando, which is located across Howardsville Turnpike from the Church building itself. I was wondering about the two headstones for Kelly Coffey. Is he buried next to Blanche or Ada? I thought maybe he had visitation rights to go see his other wife on the weekends. Ha. Talking about David Marshall Hyden got me thinking about the grist and saw mill he built with his father and used to run in Sherando. The mill was located on the west side of back creek, just north of the Howardsville Turnpike in the greater Sherando metropolitan area. The mill was built in 1869 or 1870 and burned in 1943 after 73 years of continuous operation. My mother has fond memories of visiting her grandpa Hyden at the mill as a little girl. Does anybody have a picture of this mill? If you do, could you please let me know? Thanks. Eric Henderson Waynesboro News Virginian, October 14, 1954 Mrs. Blanche Elizabeth Coffey, 51, died at 4:25 a.m. today at her home, 2072 Lyndhurst Rd., city. Born Aug. 20, 1903, in Augusta County, she was a daughter of Mrs. Ida Balsley Hyden, of Fishersville, and the late Joseph R. Hyden. She was a member of the Oak Hill Methodist Church. In addition to her mother, Mrs. Coffey is survived by her husband, Kelley E. Coffey Sr.; one son, Kelley E. Coffey Jr., Lyndhurst Rd., city; one grandson, Roy Dale Coffey, six-months-old; two brothers, Melvin Hyden, Fishersville, and Harry Hyden, Hinton, W. Va.; and two nieces, Mrs. Harry Leach, Staunton, and Miss Shirley Hyden, Hinton, W. Va. Body will remain at the Etter Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Etter Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. E. E. Branstetter, pastor of the Oak Hill and West End Methodist churches. Interment will be in the Sherando Methodist Church cemetery. Kelley Elwood Coffey Sr. and Blanche Elizabeth Hyden had the following children:
Kelley Elwood Coffey Sr. and Ada Lavell Hyden were married on 15 June 1957 in Augusta Co., VA.28495 Ada Lavell Hyden, daughter of David Marshall Hyden and Hannah Susan Smith, was born on 8 February 1903 in Augusta Co., VA. Ada died on 31 January 1971 at the age of 67 in Virginia and was buried at Sherando Methodist Church Cemetery in Sherando, Augusta Co., VA.28496 |