Ninth Generation

14609. Leo W. Coffey was born in 1908 in Carter Co., OK. Leo died in Oklahoma in 1978 and was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK in 1978 .³⁹⁹⁷⁵

Leo W. Coffey and W. Irene Herndon were married on 30 June 1934 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK. W. Irene Herndon was born on 10 June 1911 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK. W. Irene died in Oklahoma in August 1998 and was buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK on 11 August 1998 .³⁹⁹⁷⁶

Funeral services for W. Irene "Aunt Rene" Coffey, 87, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1998, at Harvey-Douglas Chapel. Dr. Alton Fannin, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Irene was born June 10, 1911, in Ardmore, to Charles Preston and Mattie Ridley Herndon. She died Aug. 8, 1998, at her home.

She married Leo W. Coffey June 30, 1934, in Ardmore. He preceded her in death on Jan. 5, 1978. She had lived in Ardmore her entire life.

Aunt Rene was an accomplished seamstress who retired from Daube's Department Store, where she had worked several years. She was a member of Lydia Sunday school class and First Baptist Church, where she taught in the children's Sunday school department. Irene was a loving and caring person who enjoyed family and friends.

She is survived by two sisters, Vergie Morris, Ardmore, and Dorothy Rodgers, Albuquerque, N.M.; nieces; nephews; and a host of longtime, loving friends.

Bearers will be Charles Swindell, Kent Butts, John DeHart, Tator Harrison, Jay Swindell and Billy Ray Cross.