Eighth Generation

7182. Mansel Reynolds Coffee was born on 28 October 1885 in Throckmorton Co., TX. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Wheeler Co., TX.²³⁴⁴⁹ Mansel died chronic myocardial degeneration on 26 June 1948 at the age of 62 at Perryton Hospital in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX and was buried at Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX on 28 June 1948.^{23450,23451,23452,23453}

Obituary, The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Amarillo, TX, Sun., Jun. 27, 1948

Mansell Coffee, Perryton, Dies

Perryton, June 26.--Mansell Coffee, 63 years old, died at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Perryton Hospital. He was a pioneer resident of the Panhandle, moving to old Mobettie with his parents in 1890 when he was 5 years old.

Mr. Coffee had been in failing health for some time.

Mr. Coffee and Miss Lillie Lee Long of Mobeetie were married in Amarillo March 10, 1910. Their four children were born at Mobettie. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Long to came to Mobettie, then Fort Elliott, with the troops in 1894. Mr. Long established one of the first stores in Old Mobeetie.

Mr. and Mrs. Coffee and family moved to Miami and later to Perryton [1901] where in 1935 he was appointed postmaster. He served until a year ago when ill health forced him to retire.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Coffee is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Henry P. Richardson, Mrs. I. P. Vernon and Miss Mary Margaret Coffee, all of Perryton, and one son, Mansell Reynolds, Jr. in the US Army [sic] [US Marine Corps]; four brothers, Woods Coffee and G. L. Coffee, both of Amarillo, Jim Coffee, Miami, and Henry Coffee, Pampa, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Locke, Big Spring.

Funeral services were conducted in Perryton Monday Afternoon.

Mansel Reynolds Coffee and Lillian Lee Long were married on 10 March 1910 in Amarillo, Potter Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 9 April 1930 in Ochiltree Co., TX.²³⁴⁵⁴ Lillian Lee Long, daughter of John Long and Mary Richerson, was born on 28 November 1889 in Mobeetie, Wheeler Co., TX. Lillian died of an intestinal obstruction on 25 June 1959 at the age of 69 at Perryton Hospital in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX and was buried at Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX on 27 June 1959.^{23455,23456,23457}

Mansel Reynolds Coffee and Lillian Lee Long had the following children:

+14436	i.	Doris Lorene Coffee.
14437	ii.	Mansel Reynolds Coffee Jr. was born on 5 July 1914 in Mobeetie, Wheeler Co., TX. Mansel served in US Marine Corps from September 1936–December 1940.²³⁴⁵⁸ Mansel died on 29 June 1983 at the age of 68 in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA and was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.^23459,23460
14438	iii.	Mary Margaret Coffee was born on 11 September 1916 in Mobeetie, Wheeler Co., TX. Mary Margaret died of myocardial degeneration on 27 February 1949 at the age of 32 at home in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX and was buried at Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX on 28 February 1949.^{23461,23462,23463} The Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo, TX, Mon., Feb. 28, 1949 Death Claims Mary Coffee Perryton, Feb. 27 (Special)--Mary Margaret Coffee, born Sept. 11, 1916, died at 4:55 Sunday morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. M. R. Coffee. She had been a resident of Perryton 28 years. Survivors include her mother, two sisters, Mrs. H. P. Richardson and Mrs. Ike Vernon, both of Perryton; and oe brother, Mansel Coffee, US Marine Corps, Oceanside, Cal. Funeral will be Monday afternoon at 2 in Boxwell funeral home chapel. Rev. Jim Sharp, pastor of First Methodist Church, will officiate. Pallbearers include Carl Ellis, Sam Hergert, Irvin Hergert, V. W. Richardson, Dean Bennett and E. D. Kelley. Interment will be at Ochiltree Cemetery.
14439	iv.	Georgia Nell Coffee was born on 27 April 1918 in Mobeetie, Wheeler Co., TX. Georgia died of surgical shock on 11 May 1957 at the age of 39 at Perryton Hospital in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX and was buried at Ochiltree Cemetery in Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX on 13 May 1957.^23464,23465