Eighth Generation

12113. Golden Ballard "Gold" Coffey³⁵²¹² was born on 2 May 1892 in Grainger Co., TN. Gold died on 15 March 1966 at the age of 73 in Grainger Co., TN and was buried at Davidson Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN.^35213,35214

G. B. Coffey (Ballard) 75 passed away Tuesday evening at his home at Thorn Hill.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Louisa Coffey, Thorn Hill; sons, Virgil and Delmas Coffey, Thorn Hill, Corbett Coffey, Morristown, Franklin Coffey, Franklin, Ohio, Lester Coffey, Miamisburg, Ohio, Donald Coffey, Dayton, Ohio; daughters, Mrs. Glatha Gray and Mrs. Christine Shipley, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Elsie Chippendale, Franklin, Ohio, Mrs. Elva Hayes, Rutledge, Mrs. Gertrude Rymer, Knoxville. 19 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; brothers, Jefferson Coffey, Washburn, James Coffey, Morristown, H. M. Coffey, Thorn Hill; sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Campbell and Mrs. Dulcena Mallicoat, Morristown, Mrs. Lona Riding, Gastonia, NC, Mrs. Pearl Dalton, Bean Station. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Cedar Springs Baptist Church.

Interment, Davidson Cemetery. Body remains at Coffey Funeral Home, Tazewell, where family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

Golden Ballard "Gold" Coffey and Louisa Barker were married circa 1915. They appeared in the census on 6 June 1920 in Grainger Co., TN.³⁵²¹⁵ They³⁵²¹⁵ appeared in the census on 29 April 1930 in Grainger Co., TN.³⁵²¹⁶ Gold and Louisa³⁵²¹⁶ appeared in the census on 29 April 1940 in Grainger Co., TN.³⁵²¹⁷ Louisa Barker, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Barker and Mary Elizabeth Simpkins, was born on 15 February 1894 in Mariba, Menifee Co., KY. She lived in Frenchburg, Menifee Co., KY on 26 June 1900. Louisa died in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN in January 1982 and was buried at Louisa is buried in January 1982 at Davidson Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN. Her death date is unknown.³⁵²¹⁸

Golden Ballard "Gold" Coffey and Louisa Barker had the following children: