Seventh Generation

5987. Jesse Lawrence Coffey was born on 29 February 1888 in Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁹⁷⁶ He lived with his father and step-mother in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC on 5 June 1900. He lived with his father and step-mother in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC on 6 May 1910. Jesse was divorced and lived with his sister Ethel Coffey Berry in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC on 4 April 1940. Jesse died of prostate cancer on 16 November 1956 at the age of 68 at home in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Calloway Cemetery in Foscoe, Watauga Co., NC on 18 November 1956.^{19977,19978,19979}

Obituary

J. L. Coffey Passes Friday

Jesse L. Coffey, 68, passed away Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of a sister, Mrs. H. H. Berry, 112 Ervin avenue.

A native of Watauga County, he was born on February 29, 1888, a son of the late J. Philmore Coffey and Mrs. Mattie Story Coffey. His wife is the former Miss Clarence (?) Clark. He was a member of the Boone Fork Advent Christian Church in Watauga County.

Surviving are a son, Warren Coffey of Manerva, O.; four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. George Williams of Johnson City, Tenn., and Miss Eva Mac Coffey of Shulls Mills; and a brother, Stanford Coffey of Shulls Mills.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Christian Church at Shulls Mills, with the Rev. Horace Harris officiating. Interment will be in the Callaway cemetery.

Mr. Coffey served in the United States Army from 1911 through 1921, being stationed in China, the Philippine Islands and Siberia. He was a retired employee of the Timpken Roller Bearing Company of Canton, Ohio.

The body was removed to the home of a sister, Miss Eva Mac Coffey, at Shulls Mills this afternoon from Lenoir Funeral Home.

Jesse Lawrence Coffey and Alma Oakes were married on 29 March 1922 in Carter Co., TN.¹⁹⁹⁸⁰ Alma Oakes was born (date unknown).

Jesse Lawrence Coffey and Alma Oakes had the following children:

Jesse Lawrence Coffey and Florence Clarke Byrd were married on 26 January 1932 in Carter Co., TN.¹⁹⁹⁸¹ They¹⁹⁹⁸¹ were divorced. Florence Clarke Byrd was born circa 1896 in North Carolina. She appeared in the census on 9 April 1940 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁹⁸²