Eighth Generation

9879. Eugene Russell Coffey was born on 16 June 1908 in Nelson Co., VA. Eugene died on 23 October 1995 at the age of 87 in Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Augusta Memorial Park in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.^29640,29641

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Eugene Russell Coffey, 87, died Monday, act. 23, 1995, at the Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville. He was born June 16, 1908, in Nelson County, a son of the late Adolphus F. and Iola (Hatter) Coffey. He was a retired tool and die maker with Westinghouse. He was an ordained minister after retirement in 1973; he served as full time minister at First Christian church, Harrisonburg and Staunton. He helped establish the Church of Christ in Staunton. Mr. Coffey was a member and past trustee and elder in the First Christian Church, Waynesboro. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Ethie B. [remainder missing]

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Eugene Russell Coffey and Ethie Belle Fitzgerald were married on 28 November 1929 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA. Ethie Belle Fitzgerald, daughter of Marmaduke Jackson Fitzgerald and Bertha Grace Bradley, was born on 2 July 1911 in Montebello, Nelson Co., VA. Ethie died on 22 November 1993 at the age of 82 at Avante Nursing Home in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA and was buried at Augusta Memorial Park in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA on 24 November 1993.²⁹⁶⁴²

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WAYNESBORO -- Ethie Belle (Fitzgerald) Coffey, 82, of 1604 Monroe St., died on Friday morning (Nov. 22, 1993) at Avante Nursing Home.

She was born on July 2, 1911 at Montebello, a daughter of M.J. and Bertha (Bradley) Fitzgerald. She was a member of First Christian Church and the women's auxiliary. Surviving are her husband, Eugene R. Coffey; two sons, Russell A. Coffey of Charlottesville and Henry R. Fitzgerald Jr. of Stuarts Draft; a brother, Henry R. Fitzgerald of Fishersville; two sisters, Sheilah Harris of Lyndhurst and Audrey L. Burns of Waynesboro; and five grandchildren.

A service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Waynesboro chapel of Etter Funeral Home by the Rev. Joe Mammo, with burial at Augusta Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Dennis, Wilson and David Coffey, Ronnie and Jerry Leitch, Hank Fitzgerald, Tracey Crawford and Donald Campbell.

The family will receive friends from 7-8 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Coffey's grandchildren are Karen Michele Coffey of Crozet, Russell A. Coffey II of Abilene, Texas, Tiffany Fitzgerald of Stuarts Draft, Hank Fitzgerald of Waynesboro and Donald R. Campbell of Harrisonburg. She was preceded in death by a brother, Graham Fitzgerald; and a sister, Carrie Coffey.

Eugene Russell Coffey and Ethie Belle Fitzgerald had the following children: