Ninth Generation

18560. Rachel Coffey was born in 1940 in North Carolina.

Rachel appears to be a twin to Mary Alice and, the unnamed child born to Lester and Alice in 1940 as recorded in the Caldwell county birth register, book 27, page 988.

Her obituary reports her date of birth as Nov. 25, 1938.

Rachel died at Brian Center, Viewmont in Hickory, NC on 12 December 2018 and was buried at Services were private and burial site is unknown to me. in December 2018 .

Obituary, Rachel Coffey Philyaw

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Hickory- Mrs. Rachel Coffey Philyaw, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Brian Center Viewmont. She was born in Caldwell County on November 25, 1938 to the late Lester and Alice Coffey.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Philyaw; son, Randy Philyaw; and two sisters.

Mrs. Philyaw is survived by her daughters, Debby Savacool and husband, Randy; Lora Greene and husband, Eddie; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers; and two sisters.

Mrs. Philyaw requested that her service be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Disabled American Veterans in honor of Leo and Randy Philyaw’s service to their country; 4113 Hickory Nut Ridge Road, Hudson, NC 28638.

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Rachel Coffey and James Leo Philyaw were married on 21 May 1955 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁴⁵⁷⁵³ James Leo Philyaw, son of Leonard Delano Philyaw and Sarah Nora Gragg, was born on 9 October 1921 in Virginia. He registered for the WWII draft on 16 February 1942 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.⁴⁵⁷⁵⁴ James died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 26 May 1997.

Rachel Coffey and James Leo Philyaw had the following children: