Eighth Generation

9812. Saylor Marshall Coffey was born on 3 March 1910 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Saylor enlisted in the on 22 February 1944 at Fort George G. Meade, MD.²⁹⁵³⁰ Saylor died in Salem, VA on 25 June 1987 and was buried at Mount Zion Methodist Church Cemetery in Glasgow, Rockbridge Co., VA in June 1987 .^29531,29532

Obituary, Coffey, Saylor M.

Glasgow - Saylor Marshall Coffey, age 77, died June 25, 1987, in a Salem hospital. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Fairfax; Mrs. Dolly Snodgrass, Salem; Mrs. Mary Jane Brown, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; three sons, Cecil M. Coffey, Lexington; James E. Coffey, Chesapeake; John M. Coffey, Waynesboro; two brothers, John H. Coffey, North Carolina; James A. Coffey, Natural Bridge; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stewart Lotts, Lexington; Mrs. Lottie Steed, Front Royal; 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grand children. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Lomax Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Penbroke Hall. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. [Obit courtesy Linda Coffey Lewis]

Saylor Marshall Coffey and Margaret Lee Riley were married on 7 April 1930 in Virginia. They lived with his brother-in-law Harry L. Falls in Rockbridge Co., VA on 12 April 1930.²⁹⁵³³ They^²⁹⁵³³ appeared in the census on 15 April 1940 in Natural Bridge Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA.²⁹⁵³⁴ Saylor and Margaret^{²⁹⁵³⁴} were separated on 4 April 1971. 3 October 1979 in Rockbridge Co., VA.²⁹⁵³⁵ Margaret Lee Riley, daughter of John William Riley and Rosa Lillie Plogger, was born on 18 February 1913 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Margaret died on 20 February 2006 at the age of 93 in Lexington, VA and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.^29536,29537

Obituary, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, Feb. 21, 2006

COFFEY, Margaret Riley

Margaret Riley Coffey, 93, of Lexington, died Monday, February 20, 2006 in the Heritage Hall Nursing Home. Mrs. Coffey was born on February 18, 1913 in Rockbridge County and was a daughter of the late John William Riley and Rosa Lily Plogger Riley.

She was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Glasgow and was preceded in death by a son, John Marshall Coffey. Mrs. Coffey is survived by her five children, Dorothy Lewis of Florida, Cecil Coffey of Glasgow, James Coffey of Chesapeake, Dolly Snodgrass of Salem and Mary Jane Brown of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; two sisters, Mildred Floyd and Lonnie Floyd, both of Buena Vista; 14 grandchildren including Debbie Story which Mrs. Coffey raised from infancy; 19 great-grandchildren; and four great great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at the Harrison Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Michael Wilburn officiating. Burial will follow in the Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington.

Saylor Marshall Coffey and Margaret Lee Riley had the following children:

+16985	i.	Dorothy Juanita Coffey.
+16986	ii.	Cecil Marshall Coffey.
+16987	iii.	James Everett Coffey.
16988	iv.	Dolly Mae Coffey was born on 3 April 1937 in Rockbridge Co., VA.²⁹⁵³⁸
16989	v.	John Marshall Coffey was born on 22 March 1939 in Rockbridge Co., VA. John died in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA on 22 October 1989. Waynesboro - John Marshall Coffey, age 50, formerly of Rockbridge County, died Sunday, October 22, 1989 in Waynesboro Community Hospital. He was born Mar. 22, 1939 in Rockbridge County, and was the son of Margaret Riley Coffey of Buena Vista, and the late Saylor Marshall Coffey. Surviving besides his mother are, three sisters, Dorothy Lewis, Lake Helen, Fla.; Dolly Snodgrass, Salem; and Mary Brown, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; two brothers, Cecil M. Coffey, Lexington; James E. Coffey, Chesapeake. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 25, 1989, 2:00 at the Harrison Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Lee V. Ruckman officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenhill [sic] [Green Hill] Cemetery, Buena Vista. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington, VA.
+16990	vi.	Mary Jane Coffey.