Eighth Generation

8179. Aurelius "Real" Coffey was born on 7 February 1876 in Denton Co., TX. Aurelius died of uremia on 27 June 1959 at the age of 83 at Flow Memorial Hospital in Denton Co., TX and was buried at Bolivar Cemetery in Bolivar, Denton Co., TX on 29 June 1959.^25674,25675

Aurelius "Real" Coffey and Jessie Edna Bryant were married on 4 August 1897 in Wise Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁷⁶ They^{²⁵⁶⁷⁶} appeared in the census on 20 June 1900 in Slidell, Wise Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁷⁷ They^{²⁵⁶⁷⁷} appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Wise Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁷⁸ Real and Jessie^{²⁵⁶⁷⁸} appeared in the census on 15 March 1920 in Haskell Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁷⁹ They^{²⁵⁶⁷⁹} appeared in the census on 29 April 1930 in Wise Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁸⁰ They^{²⁵⁶⁸⁰} appeared in the census on 25 April 1940 in Slidell, Wise Co., TX.²⁵⁶⁸¹ Jessie Edna Bryant, daughter of John Winston Bryant and America Adeline Young, was born on 12 April 1882 in Grayson Co., TX. Jessie died at Flow Memorial Hospital in Denton, Denton Co., TX on 2 November 1968 of a coronary occulsion and was buried at Bolivar Cemetery in Bolivar, Denton Co., TX on 4 November 1968 .^{25682,25683,25684}

Obituary, The Wise County Messenger, Decatur, TX, Thur., Nov. 7, 1968, Page 5

Coffey Rites Held Monday Mrs. Jessie Edna (Bryant) Coffey, 86, who grew up in Slidell and lived most of her married life there, died Nov. 2 in Flow Hospital, Denton. She had been in ill health for several years. Her husband, Aurelius Coffey, died in 1959 and since that time she had lived around Denton and Slidell. She is survived by 12 children, four sons, J. W Coffey of Denton, W. R. Coffey of Crowley, Jessie A. Coffey of Dallas and Burnice Coffey of Reno, Nev.; eight daughters, Mrs. W L. Walker of Denton, Mrs. J. I Miller [sic] [Mrs. J. L. Milner] of Odessa, Mrs, Jess A. Hopkins of Slidell, Mrs. Real Pendleton of Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Tyson B. Hamilton of Castro Valley, Calif., Mrs. W. R McClendon of Lancaster, Calif., Mrs. Robert Onlott of Castro Valley, Calif., and Mrs. Robert Garrett of Rosebud, Ark., 27 grandchildren; 60 great grandchildren anl 10 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Nov. 4 in Christian’ chapel with Jarru F. Scott officiating. Burial was in Bolivar Cemetery with Jim Coffey, Donald A. Coffey, Jess A. Coffey Jr., Joe Hopkins, Sid Coffey and Leon ? acting as pallbearers.

Aurelius "Real" Coffey and Jessie Edna Bryant had the following children:

15308	i.	America Coffey was born in December 1899 in Wise Co., TX. She lived with her parents in Slidell, Wise Co., TX on 20 June 1900.
+15309	ii.	James Wendall "Doc" Coffey.
+15310	iii.	Katie Valera Coffey.
+15311	iv.	Jesse A. Coffey.
+15312	v.	William Ross "Ross" Coffey.
+15313	vi.	Nannie Pearl Coffey.
+15314	vii.	Aurelia Coffey.
+15315	viii.	Ima Ruth Coffey.
+15316	ix.	Marvel Elizabeth Coffey.
15317	x.	Bernice Roderick Coffey was born on 18 May 1915 in Texas. He lived with his parents in Wise Co., TX on 29 April 1930. Bernice died in Sonora, Tuolumne Co., CA on 24 November 2002.
+15318	xi.	Living.
+15319	xii.	Alice Lonell Coffey.
15320	xiii.	John Preston Coffey was born on 13 April 1923 in Munday, Knox Co., TX. John died in Decatur, Wise Co., TX on 28 March 1928 of diptheria and was buried at Slidell Cemetery in Slidell, Wise Co., TX in March 1928 .^{25685,25686,25687}