Seventh Generation

5574. Carl E. "Shorty" Coffey was born on 19 December 1913 in Lawrence Co., AL. Carl died in Lawrence Co., AL on 27 November 1996 and was buried at Graham Cemetery at Harmony Methodist Church in Courtland, Lawrence Co., AL in November 1996 .¹⁷⁹⁸⁷

Carl E. "Shorty" Coffey and Louise Smith were married. Louise Smith was born on 16 June 1919. Louise died in Courtland, Lawrence Co., AL on 18 May 1979 and was buried at Graham Cemetery at Harmony Methodist Church in Courtland, Lawrence Co., AL in May 1979 .¹⁷⁹⁸⁸

Obituary, The Decatur Daily, Decatur, AL, May 19, 1979

Funeral for Mrs. Louise S. Coffey, 59, Courtland, who died Friday at her home, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Coy Morgan and Rev. Ernest Dillard officiating, with burial in Graham Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, Carl Coffey, Courtland; three daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Ray Terry and Mrs. Chris Bain, both of Moulton, Mrs. Nancy Hogan, Courtland; two sons, Kenneth Coffey, Trinity, Andy Coffey, Courtland; two sisters, Mrs. Ed Harrison, Saulsbury, Tenn, Mrs. Ralph Terry, Courtland; two brothers, Hurley and Franklin Smith, both of Tuscumbia; six grandchildren and a step-grandchild.

The body will remain at the funeral home until time for the service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. today.

She was a member of the Courtland Baptist Church.

Carl E. "Shorty" Coffey and Louise Smith had the following children: