Ninth Generation


15262. Lillie Mae Coffey was born on 12 October 1897 in Indian Territory, OK. Lillie died in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK on 10 July 1980. Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK in July 1980 .40846

Lillie Mae Coffey and Thomas Rufus "Big Rufus" Evans were married circa 1914. They appeared in the census on 22 January 1920 in Pontotoc Co., OK.40847 They40847 appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in Houston, Harris Co., TX.40848 Thomas Rufus "Big Rufus" Evans, son of S. C. Evans and Susan E. Majors, was born on 22 October 1893 in Arkansas. Thomas died in McKinney, Collin Co., TX on 5 April 1931 in an automobile accident and was buried at Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK in April 1931 .40849,40850,40851

The Oklahoman, April 6, 1931

Oklahomans Hurt in Fatal Car Crash McKinney, Texas, April 5.

One person was injured fatally and four injured, two seriously, when an automobile crashed into a roadside ditch two miles north of here early Sunday.The dead: R. R. (Thomas) Evans, 37 years old, fireman, Houston. The injured: Mrs. Evans, the widow. Internal injuries and injuries to right leg. Miss Mabelle Coffey of Roff, Okla., Mrs. Evan's sister, internal injuries. Rufus Thomas, 13 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evans, slight injuries. Loren Hughey, Ada, Okla., slight injuries.Evans was on a vacation, and the party was en route to Roff to visit Mrs. Evans parents. The accident came after an all night drive from Houston, beginning late Saturday.

Lillie Mae Coffey and Thomas Rufus "Big Rufus" Evans had the following children:

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Living was born circa 1919 in Oklahoma.

Lillie Mae Coffey and Blaine Bliss Webster were married on 9 February 1935 in Cooke Co., TX.40852 They40852 appeared in the census on 6 May 1940 in Midland Twp., Pontotoc Co., OK.40853 Blaine Bliss Webster, son of George Washington Webster and Georgia Buck Bliss, was born on 21 February 1893. He appeared in the census on 17 April 1930 in Davis, Murray Co., OK.40854 Blaine died on 23 August 1969 at the age of 76 in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK and was buried at Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK.40855

Lillie Mae Coffey and Blaine Bliss Webster had the following children:

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Wylie Payne Webster was born on 8 November 1936 in Pontotoc Co., OK. Wylie died in Ada, Pontotoc Co., OK on 5 September 2009 and was buried at Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK on 10 September 2009 .40856

Obituary, The Ada Evening News, Ada, OK, Wed., Sep. 9, 2009

ROFF-Services for Wylie Payne Webster, 72, Roff, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church, the Rev. Dean Stone will officiate. Burial will follow at Lightning Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Webster died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born Nov. 8, 1936 at Lightning Ridge to Blaine Bliss and Lillie Mae Coffey Webster. He lived in this area all his life and attended Lightning Ridge grade school and graduated from Vanoss High School. He attended East Central University for two years.

He married June Stephens on June 9, 1955. He later married Linda Nye on March 25, 1962. He married Dora Cross in 1999. She preceded him in death January 2008. Mr. Webster was a farmer and had served as state president of the Young Farmers Association in 1975.

Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Melson, Tucson, Ariz., and Susan Marie Pinley and husband David Glen Pinley, Ada; two sons, Donnie Gene Higginbotham, Ada and Woody Woodrow Burnes and wife Judy, Little Axe; a son-in-law, John Luna, Pea Ridge, Ark., and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Johnny Leo Burnes and a daughter, Georganna May Webster Luna.

Bearers will be grandsons, Kenny Nault, Kevin Pinley, Donnie Higginbotham II, Shannon Nault, Ryan Johnson, Johnathan Burns and sons-in-law, David Pinley and John Luna. Honorary bearers will be Ryan Temple, John Cross, Breann Pinley, Angela Higginbotham, Brittany Burnes, Tori Luna, Kristy Nault, Michelle Nault and Jennifer Cummings.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada

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