Seventh Generation

4124. Peter Hilman Coffey was born in August 1870 in Virginia. Peter died and was buried at on 20 July 1942 at the age of 71 in Staunton, Independent City., VA and was buried at Damastus Family Cemetery in Tyro, Nelson Co., VA.^{13261,13262,13263}

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Jul. 23, 1942

"Peter Coffey

"Waynesboro - Funeral services for Peter Coffey, 78, who died at a Staunton hospital Monday, were held at 3 P.M. Wednesday at Mountain Top Church near Love, Nelson County. Mr. Coffey is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Coffey; four sons, Bernard, Alvin, Dewey, and Wilson Coffey; two daughters, Mrs. Andrew Coffey and Mrs. Wilson [sic] Coffey; two brothers, Joseph and Henry Coffey; and a sister, Sallie Coffey."

Peter Hilman Coffey and Mary Susan "Susie" Tyree were married on 6 January 1891 in Virginia.¹³²⁶⁴ They¹³²⁶⁴ appeared in the census on 21 June 1900 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹³²⁶⁵ They¹³²⁶⁵ appeared in the census on 21 April 1910 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹³²⁶⁶ Peter and Susie¹³²⁶⁶ appeared in the census on 26 January 1920 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹³²⁶⁷ They¹³²⁶⁷ appeared in the census on 22 April 1930 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹³²⁶⁸ Mary Susan "Susie" Tyree, daughter of John Tyree and Mary Lowe, was born in August 1873 in Virginia. She appeared in the census on 13 April 1940 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹³²⁶⁹ Mary died in Fishersville, Augusta Co., VA on 6 September 1949 and was buried at Calvary UMC Cemetery in Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co., VA in September 1949 .¹³²⁷⁰

Obituary, The Waynesboro Virginian, Sep. 7, 1949

Mrs. Susie Mary Coffey, 78, died at her home in Fishersville, yesterday at 12:45 p.m.

She was born Aug. 6, 1871, in Nelson County, daughter of the late John and Mary Lowe Tyree. She was a widow of Peter Coffey who died in July 1942, and was a member of the Waynesboro Christian Church.
She is survived by four sons, Alvin, Bernard, Dewey, and Wilson; two daughters, Mrs. Jake Coffey and Mrs. Andrew Coffey, all of Fishersville; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Campbell and Mrs. Kate Humphries, both of Staunton; one brother, William Tyree, Stuarts Draft; 25 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The body will remain at the Etter Funeral Home until 9 a.m. Thursday when it will be taken to the residence where it will remain until the hour of service.
Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Waynesboro Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. Stafford E. Davis with interment in the Calvary Church Cemetery at Stuarts Draft.
Pallbearers will be W. M. Mason, E. C. Riddle, N. W. Cash, Clarence Monroe, E. M. Mantiply and Leo Chittum.

Peter Hilman Coffey and Mary Susan "Susie" Tyree had the following children: