Seventh Generation

4593. Fred Ray "Fred" Coffey was born on 10 June 1906 in Augusta Co., VA.¹⁴⁶⁷¹ Fred enlisted in the US Army on 30 April 1945 at Roanoke Co., VA.¹⁴⁶⁷² Fred died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, Independent City, VA on 12 March 1969 of fibrosarcoma and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.^{14673,14674,14675,14676}

Obituary, The News Virginian, Waynesboro, VA, Mar. 14, 1969

Fred Ray Coffey, 62, of Love died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond, after a prolonged illness.

Mr. Coffey was a member of Mt. Top Christian Church. He was a veteran of World War II and had been employed by Crompton Shenandoah Co. and Wayne Manufacturing Corp. He was born in Augusta County on June 10, 1906, a son of the late Cyrus E. and Eliza Miller Coffey.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vernecie Etta Coffey; two sons, Landon R. Coffey and Leland R. Coffey, both of Lyndhurst; one brother, Harry T. Coffey, of Route 2, Waynesboro; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Wilhelm of Route 1, Waynesboro, and Mrs. Minnie V. Coffey, Mrs Helen Hewitt, and Mrs. Alda Henderson, all of Lyndhurst; five grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mt. Top Christian Chruch, conducted by the Rev. Melvin Thompson, assisted by the Rev. Basil Bish and the Rev. Roy Kiser. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will remain at the Etter Funeral Home until 12 noon Saturday when it will be placed in the church.

Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9339.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Fred Ray "Fred" Coffey and Vernice E. Coffey were married on 22 December 1927 in Nelson Co., VA. They appeared in the census on 7 April 1930 with his mother in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA. Vernice E. Coffey, daughter of Robert Wesley Coffey and Mary Etta Bryant, was born on 13 November 1913. Vernice died on 11 September 1997 at the age of 83 in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.^{14668,14669,14670}

Fred Ray "Fred" Coffey and Vernice E. Coffey had the following children: