Seventh Generation

5470. Carter Braxton Coffey was born on 31 March 1887 in Georgia. Carter died in Arkansas on 7 June 1957 and was buried at Cossatot Cemetery in Gillham, Sevier Co., AR in June 1957 .¹⁷⁶⁹⁶

Carter Braxton Coffey and Goldie Mae Almand were married on 10 December 1911 in Sevier Co., AR.¹⁷⁶⁹⁷ They^{¹⁷⁶⁹⁷} appeared in the census on 12 January 1920 in Duckett, Howard Co., AR.¹⁷⁶⁹⁸ They^{¹⁷⁶⁹⁸} appeared in the census on 12 April 1930 in Mineral Twp., Sevier Co., AR.¹⁷⁶⁹⁹ Carter and Goldie^{¹⁷⁶⁹⁹} appeared in the census on 11 April 1940 in Sulphur Springs Twp., Howard Co., AR.¹⁷⁷⁰⁰ Goldie Mae Almand, daughter of Milton Siamore Almond and Jane Rosalie Burris, was born on 21 April 1896 in Sevier Co., AR. Goldie died in Arkansas on 3 July 1987 and was buried at Cossatot Cemetery in Gillham, Sevier Co., AR in July 1987 .¹⁷⁷⁰¹

Carter Braxton Coffey and Goldie Mae Almand had the following children:

+11415	i.	Dorothy Vera Coffey.
+11416	ii.	Urstin Violender Coffey.
+11417	iii.	Ima Odessia Coffey.
+11418	iv.	Illfay Oneda Coffey.
+11419	v.	Veronia Minnie Coffey.
+11420	vi.	Burley Winford Coffey.
11421	vii.	Melba Gladys Coffey was born on 17 June 1933 in Howard Co., AR. Melba died at DeQueen Medical Center in DeQueen, Sevier Co., AR on 24 December 2008 and was buried at Cossatot Cemetery in Sevier Co., AR on 27 December 2008 .¹⁷⁷⁰² Melba Gladys Coffey Bledsoe Dockins, age 75, a resident of De Queen, Arkansas, and former resident of Grannis, Arkansas, died Wednesday, December 24, 2008 in the De Queen Medical Center. She was born June 17, 1933 in Antimony City, Arkansas, to Carter Braxton and Goldia Mae Almond Coffey. She was an LPN, as well as a homemaker. She was a member of the Almond Church, and was a song writer. She enjoyed singing, gardening, flowers and writing songs. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Urstin Coffey; three sisters, Dorothy Jackson, Fay Frachiseur, and Vernonia Hargis; and her husband, Arnold Dockins. She is survived by one son, one brother, one sister, two grandchildren, several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 27, 2008, at the Almond Church with Bro. Homer Frachiseur and Bro. Steven Chenoweth officiating. Burial followed in the Cossatot Cemetery, under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. No marriage records found.