Ninth Generation

18699. Velva Louvena Coffey was born on 7 August 1913 in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN. Velva died at home in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN on 13 July 2012 and was buried at Davidson Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN on 15 July 2012 .³⁸⁹⁷⁹

Obituary, Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul. 15, 2012

DALTON, VELVA (COFFEY) - age 98, went to be with the Lord July 13, 2012 at her home in Thorn Hill, TN. She was saved and baptized at the age of 17 and was a member of Cedar Springs Baptist Church.

She was the daughter of the late Will and Leodar Coffey; sister of the late John, Willard, Linda Coffey and Ina Atkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Nealius Dalton; sons, Kermit, Ray (Cecil) Dalton; daughter, Mary Ruth; step children and spouses, Claude (Myrtle), Carson (Georgia), Bill Paul (Lucy) Dalton, Katherine (Howard) Garland; grandsons, David and Lewis Dalton; sons-in-law, Jimmy Thomas and John Diamond. Survived by children: Edna (Delmar)Welch, Bernice Thomas, Coy (Earlene) Dalton, Jeanette (Elmer) Owens, Gary Wayne (Inez) Dalton, Elora (Joe) McAnally, L.C. (John) Shortridge; step daughter, Doris Diamond; step daughter-in-law, Lillie Southerland; brother, Charlie Coffey; special cousin and friend, Doris Laughner; 22 grandchildren. Her long life blessed her with six generations of other grandchildren and step grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2012 at Coffey Funeral Home in New Tazewell. Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Coffey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Russell, Rev. Robert Dalton, Rev. Lon Dalton officiating. Music by Linda Green. Burial will follow in the Davidson Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Coffey Funeral Home in charge. www.coffeyfh.com.

Velva Louvena Coffey and Cornelius E. "Neilus" Dalton²²⁶²⁸ were married on 4 September 1930. They appeared in the census on 2 May 1940 in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN.³⁸⁹⁷⁸ Cornelius E. "Neilus" Dalton, son of J. Hiram Dalton and Cora Wolfe, was born on 3 December 1893 in Grainger Co., TN. Cornelius died on 22 March 1964 at the age of 70 in Grainger Co., TN and was buried at Dalton Cemetery in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN.^38971,38972

Velva Louvena Coffey and Cornelius E. "Neilus" Dalton had the following children: