Ninth Generation

15210. Benjamin Jefferson Coffey was born on 26 February 1917 in Texas. Benjamin died in Lubbock Co., TX on 14 June 1999 and was buried at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Randall Co., TX in June 1999 .⁴⁰⁷⁴¹

Benjamin Jefferson Coffey and Florine Coffey were married on 31 May 1940. Florine Coffey, daughter of Andrew Jackson Coffey and Euna May Brown, was born on 7 November 1915 in Texas. Florine died in Amarillo, Potter Co., TX on 16 January 2002 and was buried at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Randall Co., TX in January 2002 .⁴⁰⁷⁴²

Obituary, the Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 18, 2002

Florine Coffey, 86, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, in Lubbock.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with Dr. Stan Coffey of San Jacinto Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.

Mrs. Coffey was born in Aubrey. She graduated from Aubrey High School and attended Texas Woman's University majoring in business administration. She married Ben Coffey on May 31, 1940.

They moved from Denton to Amarillo in 1941. She was a homemaker for many years, taught Sunday school and volunteered as a Girl Scout Troop Leader. Later, she worked as a real estate broker with Maurine Daniels Realtors until her retirement. She was a past member of Amarillo Board of Realtors. She enjoyed oil painting and traveling. She had been a member of San Jacinto Baptist Church since 1948.

She was preceded in death by her husband on June 14, 1999; an infant son, Ronald Ben in 1944; a sister; and two brothers.

Survivors include a daughter, Gayla Bloxom and husband, Benny, of Lubbock; a granddaughter, Melissa Bloxom Vaughn of Lubbock; and a brother, Carroll Coffey of Aubrey.

The family suggests memorials be to San Jacinto Baptist Church, 801 Tascosa Road, Amarillo, TX 79124.

Benjamin Jefferson Coffey and Florine Coffey had the following children: