Eighth Generation

9398. Robert Bruce Coffey was born on 9 December 1902 in Nelson Co., VA. He lived with his parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 25 April 1910. He lived with his parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 12 January 1920. Robert died on 16 December 1991 at the age of 89 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA and was buried at .^28664,28665

Robert Bruce Coffey, 89, of Appomattox, died Monday, December 16, 1991, in Lynchburg General Hospital.

Born in Nelson County, February 9, 1902, he was a son of the late James Alexander and Selina Fitzgerald Coffey. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Metropolitan-Craft Masonic Lodge No. 519, Moslem Shrine Temple in Detroit, Mich., and Courtside Athletic Club in Lynchburg. He was preceded in death by his wife, Florence Yockey Coffey.

He is survived by one sister, Maizie C. Frank, and her husband, Leo, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; one sister-in-law, Scottie Coffey, of Lynchburg; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Thursday, December 19, in Byrum-Parr Funeral Home by the Rev. John W. Robertson, with burial in Jonesboro Cemetery.

Robert Bruce Coffey and Florence G. Yockey were married. Florence G. Yockey was born on 28 June 1910. Florence died on 22 July 1988 at the age of 78 in Virginia and was buried at Jonesboro Baptist Church Cemetery in Roseland, Nelson Co., VA.^28666,28667