Tenth Generation

20268. Tom Franklin Coffee was born on 9 September 1928 in Miami, Roberts Co., TX.⁴⁷²¹⁰ Tom died in Gray Co., TX on 9 March 1997 and was buried at Miami Cemetery in Miami, Roberts Co., TX in March 1997 .^{47211,47212,47213}

Obituary, unsourced newspaper

Tom Franklin Coffee

Tom Franklin Coffee, 68, of Pampa, died Sunday, March 9, 1997. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the first Baptist Church of Miami with Dr. Jim Prock, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pampa; and the Rev. Jerry Arrington, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.

Mr. Coffee was born Sept. 9, 1928, at Miami to pioneer Roberts County ranchers, C. M. and Abbie Coffee. He attended Miami High School, graduating in 1947. He married Betty Stanford on Oct. 15, 1960, in Miami. They resided in Higgins from 1960 to 1974 and had been residents of Pampa for 23 years. He was a veteran of the US Army 1st Battalion 8th Regiment, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a cattle inspector for the First National Bank in Amarillo from 1966-1971. He was actively involved in ranching at the time of his death. He was a member and past grand master of both the Miami Masonic Lodge #805 and the Higgins Masonic Lodge #820. He was a member of the Scottish Rote Consistory and was a 32nd Degree Mason. He was a member and past president of the Top O' Texas Rodeo Association and a member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He was a member of the Pulaski American Legion Post of Miami. He was a member of the Texas Tech Dads Association. He was a member and deacon of the Central Baptist Church and the Baptist Men and was currently teaching the Pre-School Department.

Survivors include his wife, Betty, of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Walter Clyde and Marsha Coffee of Pampa and Tom Clay and Melanie Coffee of Richmond; two brothers, Walter C. Coffee of Miami and C. M. Coffee Jr. of Miles City, Mont.; and five grandchildren, Tara Coffee, James Coffee, Heather Coffee, Emily Coffee and Mason Coffee.

The family will gather at 2104 Lea in Pal[a.

The family requests memorials be to the Central Baptist Church Pre-School Department.

A living couple was married in 1960 in Miami, Roberts Co., TX. Living (private).

Tom Franklin Coffee and Living had the following children: