Ninth Generation

14388. Judge Woodson "Woods" Coffee Jr. was born on 29 May 1895 in Morton Co., TX. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917³⁹⁵⁴⁶ He registered for the WWII draft on 15 June 1942 in McLennan Co., TX.³⁹⁵⁴⁷ Woodson Jr. died on 1 September 1984 at the age of 89 in Amarillo, Potter Co., TX and was buried at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Randall Co., TX.^39548,39549

Obituary, The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Sep. 2, 1984

Woodson Coffee Jr.

DUMAS - Woodson Coffee Jr., 89, died Saturday.

Services are pending at Morrison Funeral Directors.

Born in Throckmorton County, Mr. Coffee had lived in Dumas since 1960, moving here from Amarillo. He lived in Silverton for 30 years before moving to Amarillo. He was a retired farmer who served as Briscoe County judge from 1933 to 1943 and was an implement dealer in Silverton from 1943 to 1954.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of the Silverton Masonic Lodge 854, and a member of the Scottish Rite, The El Paso Conestoga, and the Khiva Temple.

He was preceded in death June [sic] by his wife, Ida Mae "Mamie" Coffee.

Survivors include a daughter, Evelyn Brannon of Dumas; a sister, Mrs. Edgar Coble of Amarillo; a grandson; and two great-grandsons.

The family requests memorials be made to Cal Farley's Boys Rance or to a favorite charity.

Judge Woodson "Woods" Coffee Jr. and Ida Mae "Mamie" Bagwell were married on 10 June 1916 in Texas. They appeared in the census on 7 January 1920 at in the household with W. H. Leggett family in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.³⁹⁵⁵⁰ They³⁹⁵⁵⁰ appeared in the census on 8 April 1930 in Silverton, Briscoe Co., TX.³⁹⁵⁵¹ Woods and Mamie³⁹⁵⁵¹ appeared in the census on 2 April 1940 on Main St. in Silverton, Briscoe Co., TX.³⁹⁵⁵² Ida Mae "Mamie" Bagwell was born on 8 December 1893 in Missouri. Ida died on 2 June 1984 at the age of 90 in Amarillo, Potter Co., TX and was buried at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Randall Co., TX.^39553,39554

Obituary, The Miami [Texas] Chief, Jun. 14, 1984

Last Rites For Ida Mae Coffee

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Mae "Mamie" Coffee, 90, of Dumas were held Tuesday morning in First United Methodist Church in Dumas.

Mrs. Coffee, who was born in Truxton, Mo., died Saturday in Memorial Hospital in Dumas.

Prior to moving to Dumas, Mrs. Coffee lived in Amarillo and spent some 30 years in Silverton. Mamie Begeman [sic] arrived in Miami in 1915. She was working in the Post Office in Miami when she met Woodson Coffey, Jr. whom she married June 10, 1916. They lived in and near Miami until late 1916.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church and was a life-time member of United Methodist Women.

Survivors are her husband, Woodson Coffee; a daughter, Evelyn Brannon of Dumas, a grandson and two great-grandsons.

Services were held in the First United Methodist Church in Dumas with burial in Lano Cemetery in Amarillo.

Judge Woodson "Woods" Coffee Jr. and Ida Mae "Mamie" Bagwell had the following children: