Eighth Generation

10487. Edna Dorothy Bell Coffey was born on 14 December 1919 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA. Edna died in Ocala, Marion Co., FL on 28 January 2008.

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Feb. 6, 2008

Edna Coffey Smith

Mrs. Edna Coffey Smith of Ocala, Fla., died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008.

She was born in Three Springs, Va., Dec. 14, 1919. She was the daughter of Beeler E. Coffey and Elizabeth Cross Coffey.

Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Ocala since 1946.

Survivors include one son, Steve Smith; and a daughter, April Smith Tooker, both of Ocala, Fla.; and several grandchildren; nieces, and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Smith; her beloved sisters, Mrs. Edwin (Edith) Brookshire of Boone, N.C.; Mrs. Eugene (Ina) McDade of Lenoir, N.C.; Mrs. Lewis (Esther) Phipps of Bristol, Va.; Mrs. Roy L. (Lorena) Bass of Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Edgar G. (Jean) Smith of Bristol, Va.; an infant sister, Leona Coffey, of Bristol, Va.; and one brother, Beeler T. “June” Coffey, Jr. of Zionville, N.C.

Private services were in Ocala, Fla.

Edna Dorothy Bell Coffey and Marvin Smith were married on 12 December 1942 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL. Marvin Smith was born on 9 February 1919 in Georgia. Marvin died in Ocala, Marion Co., FL on 30 June 1989. He was cremated in July 1989 and his ashes scattered in Ocala National Forest, Marion Co., FL.

Marvin was cremated, and his ashes scattered in the forest.