Eighth Generation

11726. Mary Lee Coffey was born on 4 October 1903 in Seymour, Baylor Co., TX. She lived with her sister, Asalee Reed in Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX on 19 April 1930. Mary died on 17 July 1978 at the age of 74 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX and was buried at Crosbyton Cemetery in Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX on 19 July 1978.

Obituary, Crosbyton Review, Jul. 20, 1978

Mary Lee Chance, a 74-year-old Crosbyton resident, succumbed about 6 p.m. Monday in the Quaker Manor Nursing Home in Lubbock. She had been a resident of the nursing home. Mrs. Chance was a former Crosby County district clerk.

Memorial services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church in Crosbyton. The Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor, officiated.

Interment was made in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of Adams Funeral Home. Nephews served as pallbearers.

Born Oct. 14, 1903 in Seymour, the former Mary Lee Coffey was married to Lewis Chance. He preceded his wife in death in 1960.

Mrs. Chance moved to Crosby County in 1914 from Seymour. She was a member of the Crosbyton First Baptist Church.

Survivors include one brother, E. E. Coffey of Lubbock; three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Paschal of Clovis, N.M., Mrs. Willie Williams of Lubbock, and Mrs. Ethel Heathington of Ralls; and one niece whom she raised, Gloria Smith of Lubbock.

Mary Lee Coffey and Lewis Webster Chance were married. Lewis Webster Chance, son of William N. Chance and Elizabeth Hardaway, was born on 3 March 1878 in Texas. Lewis died of peripheral vascular collapse on 20 August 1960 at the age of 82 at Crosbyton Clinic-Hospital in Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX and was buried at Ralls Cemetery in Ralls, Crosby Co., TX on 21 August 1960.^33571,33572