Eighth Generation

9483. Bedie Beatrice Henderson was born on 21 May 1893 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA. Bedie died on 27 June 1976 at the age of 83 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was also buried at Mountain View Mennonite Church Cemetery in Sherando, Augusta Co., VA.²⁸⁴²³

Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, June 28, 1976 

STAUNTON-Mrs. Bedie Beatrice Coffey, 83, of 313 Kalorama St. died at 7:50 a.m. Sunday in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quick on Route 1, Sherando.

Mrs. Coffey was born in Lyndhurst, May 21, 1893, daughter of the late George W. and Ozella Bridge Henderson.

She retired in 1975 after 39 years as a registered nurse. Mrs. Coffey was a member of the Mountain View Mennonite Church.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Fitzgerald and Mrs. Charles (Marie) Quick, both of Lyndhurst; three nieces, eight great-nieces and nephews and one great-great-nephew.

Mrs. Coffey was preceded in death by her husband, A. Paul Coffey.

A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Mountain View Mennonite Church, conducted by the Rev. Roy Kiser, the Rev. Joe Esh and the Rev. Harold Eshelman, with burial in the church cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Ronnie Wright, Galen Campbell, Steve Bridge, Lawrence Campbell, William Hatter and Boyd Coffey.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in the Etter Funeral Home and also at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quick.

The casket will not be open in church.

Bedie Beatrice Henderson and Paul Allen Coffey were married on 11 July 1915 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA.

An unverified source gives marriage date as Oct. 25, 1915 in Ladd, Augusta Co., VA. Paul Allen Coffey, son of Hugh Coffey and Alice Sophronia Coffey, was born on 24 July 1894 in Nelson Co., VA. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Nelson Co., VA.²⁸⁴¹⁹ He registered for the WWII draft on 27 April 1942 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA.²⁸⁴²⁰ Paul Allen died on 21 September 1956 at the age of 62 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Mountain View Mennonite Church Cemetery in Sherando, Augusta Co., VA.^28421,28422