| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation11203. Dr. James Cecil Coffey was born on 22 July 1912 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.32487,32488 James died at home at 8 Pine Tree Road in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC on 18 June 1987 of lung cancer and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC on 20 June 1987 .32489,32490,32491 Obituary, The Greensboro News and Record, Greensboro, NC, Sat., Jun. 20, 1987, Page 30 Dr. James Coffey Salisbury - Dr. James C. Coffey, 74, of 8 Pinetree Road died Thursday at his home. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today at City Memorial Park in Salisbury. Dr. Coffey was a graduate of Wake Forest University and received his medical degree from the University of Atlanta. He moved to Salisbury in 1940, opened his first family medicine practice in his home and them moved to the Wallace Building. Coffey was a U.S. Army veteran who attained the rank of major and resumed his medical practice in Salisbury in 1946. Coffey was a former president of staff and Rowan Memorial Hospital, former president of the Rowan Medical Society, and a fellow in the American Academy of Physicians. He was a member of the state and national medical societies. He was a former president of the Lions Club, former member of the Elks Club and a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors are wife, Mrs. Mildred Deweese Coffey; sons, Jr. James C., Coffey Jr. of Chapel Hill, Robert Dixon Coffey of Kannapolis and Dr. Ralph A. Coffey of Davidson; mother, Mrs. C. M. Coffey of Greensboro; brother, Dr. Robert Tuttle Coffey of Lake Norman; five grandchildren. Summersett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dr. James Cecil Coffey and Mildred Elizabeth DeWeese were married in May 1936. They appeared in the census on 10 April 1940 in Cleveland Co., NC.32492 Mildred Elizabeth DeWeese, daughter of Robert Lee DeWeese and Sallie J. Miller, was born on 23 October 1913 in Rowan Co., NC. She lived with her parents in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC on 13 January 1920. She lived with her parents in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC on 15 April 1930. Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC in August 2001. Mildred died in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC on 10 August 2001 and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC in August 2001 .32493,32494 Obituary, The Salisbury Post, Salisbury, NC, Sat., Aug. 11, 2001 Mildred DeWeese Coffey, 87, 8 Pine Tree Road, Salisbury, died Friday (Aug. 10, 2001) at her home. Born Oct. 23, 1913, in Salisbury, Mrs. Coffey was a daughter of the late Robert L. and Sallie Miller DeWeese. Educated in the Salisbury Schools, she graduated from Boyden High School and Mars Hill Junior College and received a BA degree from Meredith College, Raleigh. She taught the fifth and sixth grades in Spencer and East Spencer before retiring in 1978 after 32 years teaching. Mrs. Coffey was a member of First Baptist Church, Country Club of Salisbury and Amicitia Book Club, of which she was also charter president. Her husband, Dr. James C. Coffey, died on June 18, 1987. Survivors include sons Dr. James C. Coffey Jr., Shallotte, Robert Dixon Coffey, Kannapolis, Dr. Ralph A. Coffey, Asheville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Sunday, City Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Tom Roberts. Summersett Funeral Home is in charge. Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the home. Dr. James Cecil Coffey and Mildred Elizabeth DeWeese had the following children:
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