Seventh Generation

4556. Mary Etta Coffey was born on 27 April 1883 in Nelson Co., VA. Mary Etta died on 14 December 1966 at the age of 83 at Waynesboro Community Hospital in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA on 16 December 1966.¹³³¹⁰

Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, Dec. 14, 1966

Mrs. Mary Etta Everitt, 81, of Lyndhurst, died in Waynesboro Community Hospital this morning at 12:15.

She was born in Nelson County on April 26, 1885, a daughter of the late Floyd L. and Mary Weaver Coffey. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Ellis Everitt.
She is survived by one brother, Zandy E. Coffey of Lyndhurst and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was a member of Mountain Top Christian Church at Love.

The body will remain at McDow-Tyree Funeral Home pending arrangements.

Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, Dec. 15, 1966

A funeral service for Mrs. Mary Etta Everitt will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Top Christian Church at Love to be conducted by the Rev. Robert P. Ponchot.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.

The body will be place in the church at 1 p.m.

Active pallbearers will be Eugene Everitt, Shelly Everitt, Saylor Coffey, Saylor Coffey Jr., Forest Coffey and Jake Hewitt.

Honorary pallbearers will be Austin Demastus, Willima Demastus, Houston Coffey, Hugh Coffey, John Coffey and Ralph Hewitt.

The family will receive friends at the McDow-Tyree Funeral Home at 1701 W. Main St. tonight from 7 to 8 o'clock.

Members of the family, friends and pallbearers are asked to meet at the church for the service.

Mary Etta Coffey and Charles Ellis Everitt were married on 3 May 1922 in Nelson Co., VA.¹³³⁰⁸ They¹³³⁰⁸ appeared in the census on 12 April 1940 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.¹³³⁰⁹ Charles Ellis Everitt, son of Elias Everitt and Martha Ann Demastus, was born on 8 August 1885 in Nelson Co., VA.

This birthdate is inscribed on his headstone. The 1900 federal census for Nelson Co. reports his birthdate as Jun., 1883.

He lived with his father in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 26 January 1920. Charles died on 8 August 1957 at the age of 72 at home in Love, Nelson Co, VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA on 11 August 1957 .¹³³⁰⁷

Obituary, The Waynesboro News Virginian, Aug. 9, 1957 

Charles Ellis Everitt, 74, died at his home at Love at 12:40 a.m. today.

Born in Nelson County on Aug. 8, 1885, he was a son of the late Elias and Martha D. Everitt. He was a member of the Mt. Top Christian Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Etta Everitt; two brothers, Gordon Everitt and Henry Everitt, both of Lyndhurst; and one sister, Mrs. Estie Coffey, Lyndhurst.

Body will remain at the McDow-Tyree Funeral Home until 2 p.m. Sunday when it will be placed in the Mt. Top Christian Church. Funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday by the Rev. P. H. Coffey. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Forest Coffey, John Coffey, Jake Hewitt, Saylor Coffey, Eugene Everitt and Ray Everitt.

Flowerbearers will be Lucy Everitt, Annie Coffey, Betty Sensabaugh, Ruby Coffey, Madeline Hewitt and Louise Campbell.

Contributed by: jboppe@cfw.com