Seventh Generation

6413. Martha Evelina "Lina" Coffey was born on 15 April 1882 in Kentucky. Martha died in Taylor Co., KY on 5 July 1939 and was buried at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY on 6 July 1939 .²¹¹⁷⁸

Obituary, The News-Journal, Jul. 6, 1939

Mrs. Martha Evelyn Graham, 57 years old, wife of Fred L. Graham of this city, died at the Campbellsville Hospital yesterday morning after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the Campbellsville Baptist Church, conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. L. Robinson. Burial in Brookside Cemetery. She was admitted to the hospital Sunday, but rapidly grew worse. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Graham was well known here and had lived in this city during her entire lifetime. She was the daughter of the late Cyrus R. and Mary Lucy Page Coffey and was born in this city April 25, 1882. She was married to Fred L. Graham December 28, 1908. She was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church and was active in church work and civic undertakings. Besides her husband, Fred L. Graham, she is survived by one son, Fred Lewis Graham, Jr.; three daughters, Mrs. Joe Campbell Morris, Louisville; Mrs. Edward McFarland, of this city; and Miss Evelyn Graham, Campbellsville; two sisters: Mrs. B. J. Skaggs, Campbellsville; Mrs. Paul Sanders, Greensburg; one brother: Russell Coffey, of Campbellsville; one half-sister: Mrs. J. W. Kerr, Campbellsville; two half-brothers: Arthur Coffey, Campbellsville, and Clarence Coffey, Greensburg; one grandson: Joe Campbell Morris, Jr., Louisville; and a host of other relatives.

Martha Evelina "Lina" Coffey and Fred Lovelace Graham were married on 28 December 1908 in Taylor Co., KY.²¹¹⁷⁹ They²¹¹⁷⁹ appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 at with her mother in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY. They appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 at Dist. 3 in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY.²¹¹⁸⁰ Lina and Fred²¹¹⁸⁰ appeared in the census on 5 April 1930 in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY.²¹¹⁸¹ Fred Lovelace Graham, son of James Robert Graham and Susan Ann Elliott, was born on 5 May 1879 in Taylor Co., KY. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY.²¹¹⁸² He appeared in the census on 19 April 1940 in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY.²¹¹⁸³ He registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY²¹¹⁸⁴ Fred died in Kentucky on 31 October 1957 and was buried at Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY in November 1957.²¹¹⁸⁵

Martha Evelina "Lina" Coffey and Fred Lovelace Graham had the following children: