Seventh Generation

5985. Edna Mabel Coffey was born on 4 August 1882 in Watauga Co., NC. She lived with her father and step-mother in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC on 5 June 1900. She appeared in the census on 25 April 1910 in Meat Camp, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁹⁶¹ Edna appeared in the census on 12 April 1930 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁹⁶² Edna died of cancer of the stomach on 3 March 1942 at the age of 59 at Watauga County Hospital in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{19963,19964,19965}

Article, unidentified newspaper dated Mar. 5, 1942

Mrs. Edna Hodges Dies on Tuesday

Brief Illness is Fatal to Well-known School Teacher; Rites at Boone Fork Church

Mrs. Edna Coffey Hodges, aged 67, died at Watauga Hospital Tuesday after a brief illness. Cancer was given as the cause of her death.

Funeral services are to be conducted from the Boone's Fork Baptist church and burial will be in that section when the weather permits.

Mrs. Hodges was a daughter of the late Filmore and Mrs. Coffey and was raised in the vicinity of Foscoe. She had taught in the public schools of Watauga and adjacent counties for a number of years, and was well known and held in the highest regard by her many acquaintances.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Louise Aldridge, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Eva Coffey, Jessee Coffey, Mrs. H. H. Berry, Sanford Coffey, Shulls Mills [sic]; Mrs. George Williams, Johnson City, Tenn, Mrs. Blaine Aldridge, Tacoma, Wash.

[Age in obituary is incorrect if she was born on date engraved on headstone]

Edna Mabel Coffey and Dr. J. E. Hodges were married on 2 October 1903 in Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁹⁶⁶ Dr. J. E. Hodges was born on 4 August 1882 in Watauga Co., NC.

Edna Mabel Coffey and Dr. J. E. Hodges had the following children: