Eighth Generation

9915. Margaret Velma Coffey was born circa 1924 in Nelson Co., VA. She lived with her parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 27 April 1940.

Margaret Velma Coffey and Chester Martin Fitzgerald were married. Chester Martin Fitzgerald, son of Mayo Cabell Fitzgerald and Sally Jane Henry Fitzgerald, was born on 3 November 1923 in Virginia. He lived with his parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 26 April 1940. Chester died on 21 April 1960 at the age of 36 in Augusta Co., VA and was buried at White Rock Cemetery near Montebello, Nelson Co., VA.

Obituary, The News Virginian, Waynesboro, VA, Apr. 22, 1960

Montebello - Chester Martin Fitzgerald, 36, a bulldozer operator for Mawyer Construction Co., of Staunton, died yesterday afternoon, as the result of injuries received in a construction accident in Augusta County.

A son of the late Mayo and Sally Fitzgerald, he was born in Nelson County on Nov. 3, 1923. He was a member of the White Rock Christian Church at Montebello.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Coffey Fitzgerald; three daughters, Frances Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brenda Gale Fitzgerald and Linda Mae Fitzgerald, and one son, Linwood Martin Fitzgerald, all of Montebello; two brothers, Arthur Fitzgerald, Stuarts Draft, and Isaac Fitzgerald, Montebello, and three sisters, Mrs. Venie Bryant and Mrs. Carrie Fitzgerald, both of Montebello, and Mrs. Waverly Kaylor, Staunton.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. from the White Rock Christian Church with burial in the church cemetery.