Seventh Generation

4127. Joseph M. Coffey was born on 18 October 1872 in Nelson Co., VA. Joseph died on 12 February 1947 at the age of 74 in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.^13271,13272

Obituary, The News Virginian, Waynesboro, VA, 14 Feb., 1947

Funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Love Christian Church, Love, for Joseph Coffey, 75, who died Wednesday in a Staunton hospital. Service will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Harris, of Lynchburg, and interment will be in the church cemetery.

Born in Nelson County, son of the late Wash and Kit Demastus, the deceased had been a farmer. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Tressa Coffey, Love; four sons, the Rev. Pettit H. Coffey, of Mineral, Louisa County; Mack and Hugh Coffey, both of Lyndhurst; and Saylor Coffey, of Love; two daughters, Hattie Demastus and Mrs. Nellie Coffey, both of Lyndhurst; and two sisters, Mrs. Lize Coffey, Lyndhurst; and Mrs. Sallie Coffey, Staunton.

Joseph M. Coffey and Teressa Coffey were married on 29 December 1898 in Nelson Co., VA.¹³²⁷³ They¹³²⁷³ lived with her father in Nelson Co., VA on 23 June 1900. They appeared in the census on 26 January 1920 in Nelson Co., VA.¹³²⁷⁴ Joseph and Teressa¹³²⁷⁴ appeared in the census on 8 April 1930 in Nelson Co., VA.¹³²⁷⁵ They¹³²⁷⁵ appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹³²⁷⁶ Teressa Coffey, daughter of Floyd Lee Coffey and Mary Jane Weaver, was born on 14 January 1882 in Nelson Co., VA. Teressa died on 18 February 1951 at the age of 69 in Love, Nelson Co, VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.^{13277,13278,13279}

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Feb. 21, 1951, Page 9

"Mrs. Tressa Coffey

"Waynesboro, Feb. 20 - A funeral service was held Tuesday in the Love Christian Church for Mrs. Tressa Coffey, 69, who died Sunday at her home in Love, Va. Burial was in the church cemetery.

"She was the widow of Joseph Coffey. Survivors include four sons, the Rev. Pettit Coffey, of Mineral; Mack and Hugh Coffey, of Lyndhurst, and Baylor Coffey of Love; two daughters, Mrs. Hattie DeMasters and Mrs. Nellie Coffey, both of Lyndhurst; one brother, Zandy Coffey, of Love; five sisters, Mrs. Martha Arnold and Mrs. Etta Everitt, both of Love; Mrs. Mint Campbell and Mrs. Malvina Gregory, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Ella Fitzgerald, of Roseland; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren."

Joseph M. Coffey and Teressa Coffey had the following children: