| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Ninth Generation18617. James Oral Philyaw was born on 29 March 1942 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.45758 James Oral Philyaw and Mary Ellen Coffey were married on 14 January 1961 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.45757 Mary Ellen Coffey, daughter of Lester Claude Coffey and Alice Elizabeth Philyaw, was born on 30 November 1943 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.45756 Mary died on 13 October 2005 at the age of 61 at Watuaga Medical Center in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Greene Cemetery in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC. Obituary, News-Topic, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., OK, Oct. 17, 2005 Mary Philyaw Mary Ellen Coffey Philyaw, 61, of Franklin Place, Collettsville, passed away Thursday, Oct., 13, 2005 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone. She was born Nov. 30, 1943 in Caldwell County to the late Lester Claude Coffey and Mary Alice Philyaw Coffey. Mrs. Philyaw was retired from Thomasville Furniture Company. Survivors include her husband James Oral Philyaw of the home; three sons, Jeffery Philyaw of Collettsville, N.C., Terry Philyaw of Boomer, N.C., Dale Philyaw of Amarillo, Texas; one daughter Sandra Oliver of Hudson, N.C.; two brothers, Clarence Coffey of Lenoir, N.C., Cloyd Dale Coffey of Hudson, N.C.; four sisters, Rachel Philyaw of Hudson, N.C., Linda Triplett of Collettsville, N.C., Catherine Abernathy of Lenoir, N.C., Etta Mae Hamby of High Point, N.C.; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, 2 p.m. in the Pendry's Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Gragg and Rev. Terrell Goble officiating. Burial will follow in the J.B. Greene Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m., today, Oct. 15, 2005 at Pendry's Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be Darin Philyaw, Dean Philyaw, Jeremy Philyaw, David Triplett, Todd Philyaw and Greg Philyaw. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Philyaw's honor to the Seby B. Jones Regional Medical Cancer Center, P.O. Box 2570, Boone, NC 28607. James Oral Philyaw and Mary Ellen Coffey had the following children:
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