Sixth Generation

2385. Dewey Coffey was born on 7 August 1868 in Grainger Co., TN.⁹⁰⁷⁴ He lived with his father in Grainger Co., TN on 10 June 1880. Dewey died of chronic myocarditis on 7 April 1946 at the age of 77 in Paint Lick, Garrard Co., KY and was buried at Scaffold Cane Cemetery in Roundstone, Rockcastle Co., KY on 10 April 1946.^{8605,9075,9076}

Dewey Coffey and Elizabeth "Lizzie" McDaniel were married circa 1896. They appeared in the census on 22 April 1910 in Rockcastle Co., KY.⁹⁰⁷⁷ Elizabeth "Lizzie" McDaniel was born on 23 March 1878 in Claiborne Co., TN. Elizabeth died of tuberculosis on 16 July 1914 at the age of 36 in Wildie, Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Scaffold Cane Cemetery in Roundstone, Rockcastle Co., KY.^9078,9079

Dewey Coffey and Elizabeth "Lizzie" McDaniel had the following children:

6808	i.	Henry U. Coffey was born about 1898 in Tennessee.
+6809	ii.	Della Mae Coffey.
+6810	iii.	Silas F. Coffey.
6811	iv.	Etta L. Coffey was born circa 1906 in Kentucky.
6812	v.	Addie Coffey was born circa 1908 in Kentucky.

Dewey Coffey and Eunice Ida Gadd were married in 1917 in Rockcastle Co., KY. They appeared in the census on 27 January 1920 in Conway, Rockcastle Co., KY.⁹⁰⁸⁰ They^⁹⁰⁸⁰ appeared in the census on 11 April 1930 in Paint Lick, Garrard Co., KY.⁹⁰⁸¹ Dewey and Eunice^⁹⁰⁸¹ appeared in the census on 20 April 1940 in Garrard Co., KY.⁹⁰⁸² Eunice Ida Gadd, daughter of John G. Gadd and Charity Elizabeth Croutcher, was born on 22 July 1893 in Rockcastle Co., KY. Eunice died at Garrard Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY on 14 January 1973 and was buried at Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY on 17 January 1973 .^9083,9084

Obituary, The Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY, Tue., Jan. 16, 1973, Page 2, Col. 8

Coffey, Mrs. Eunice Gadd, 80, widow of Dewey Coffey, died Sunday at the Garrard Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the White Lick Baptist Church.

Survived by five sons: Thomas, Oscar, Buford and James Coffey, all of Lancaster, Estill Coffey, Lexington, three step-daughters: Mrs. Addie Powell and Mrs. Della Bullins, both of Berea, and Mrs. Beulah Martin, Hamilton, Ohio, one brother: McKinley Gadd, Berea, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ramsey Funeral Home, Lancaster, by Rev. Victor Gehlhausen and Rev. Daniel Lovell. Burial in Lancaster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Dewey Coffey and Eunice Ida Gadd had the following children:

6813	i.	Eunice Coffey was born circa 1918 in Kentucky.
6814	ii.	Thomas J. Coffey was born circa 1919 in Kentucky.
6815	iii.	Mary Elizabeth Coffey was born in 1920 in Kentucky. Mary died in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY on 4 August 1967 in an automobile accident and was buried at Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY in August 1967 .^9085,9086 Death Notice, The Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY, Sat., Aug. 5, 1967, Page 1, Col. 7 Crash Kills Woman, 47, In Garrard Lancaster, Ky. - A Lancaster woman was injured fatally Friday in a one-car accident on Ky. 52 west of here. The victim was identified as Miss Mary Coffey, 47, of 215 Hamilton Avenue. She was a passenger in an automobile driven by Miss Stella Mae Mazzella, Lancaster. Garrard County Sheriff Clifford Hurte said Miss Mazzella was driving east on the highway when her automobile hit a wet spot on the pavement, went out of control and struck an embankment. Miss Coffey was thrown from the car, Hurte said. She was dead on arrival at the Garrard County Memorial Hospital. Miss Mazzella was admitted to the hospital where he condition was described as satisfactory. The accident occurred at 4:45 p.m. Miss Coffey's body was taken to the Clark-Layton Funeral Home. Miss Coffey was employed at the Palm Beach factory at Danville and was a member of the Hyattsville Baptist Church. Survivors are her mother, Mrs. Dewey Coffey, Lancaster; five brothers, Thomas, William Buford, James Edward and Oscar Coffey, Lancaster, and Loid [sic] E. Coffey, Lexington; four half-sisters, Mrs. Wesley Bullins, Rockcastle County; Mrs. Vester Cope and Mrs. Matt Powell, Madison County and Mrs. Beulah Martin, Hamilton, Ohio; a half-brother, Henry Coffey, Hamilton, Ohip, and several nieces and nephews.
+6816	iv.	Oscar Lee Coffey.
+6817	v.	Lloyd Estil Coffey.
+6818	vi.	William Buford Coffey.
+6819	vii.	James Edward "Red" Coffey.