Ninth Generation

16604. Eddie Walton Coffey was born on 30 October 1927 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA.⁴²⁹⁰⁷ Eddie was a disabled WW II veteran of the US Navy. Eddie died on 20 December 1990 at the age of 63 at Kings' Daughters Hospital in Staunton, Independent City., VA and was buried at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, Independent City., VA.^{42908,42909,42910}

Obituary, The Staunton News Leader, Staunton, VA, 21 Dec. 1990

Eddie Walton Coffey, 63, of Route 1 Box 159, Mt. Solon, died Thursday morning (December 20, 1990) in King's Daughters' Hospital.

He was born October 30, 1927 in Augusta County, a son of the late James William and Lillian Gertrude Robertson Coffey Sr.

He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of Clemmer-McGuffin Post No. 13, American Legion. Mr. Coffey was retired from Staunton Frozen Foods, Inc. and was a former baseball player with the Staunton Presidents Team and had been an umpire in the Valley Baseball League. He was a member of Spring Hill Presbyterian Church. He was also a retired farmer and member of the American Angus Association.

Surviving are his wife, Jane Mohler Coffey; two sons, Thomas Webster "Tink" Coffey, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Russell Mohler Coffey, Mt. Solon; a daughter, Jan Ellen Lee Coffey, at home; three brothers, James W. Coffey Jr., Weyers Cave, Robert L. Coffey, West Augusta, and John C. Coffey, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and 5 grandchildren, Amanda Laine Coffey, Thomas Drew Coffey, Alice Margaret Coffey, Jordan Margaret Peters and Matthew Russell Coffey.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hamrick Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Herbert T. Lewis. Burial will be in Thornrose Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Greg Lam, Wilson F. Vellines, Jr., Randal M. Stover, Chad Barnett, William A. Simmons and H. Eugene Harman. Honorary pallbearers will be, Hunter Baber, Leo Argenbright, Paul J. Kivlighan, Russell W. Miller, Raymond E. Miller, Joseph Viglione, J. Rawley Collins, Carlton D. Newlen, Wesley T. Rhodecap and Douglas Livesay.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 7 to 8 p.m. and at other times at the residence.

It is suggested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Mt. Solon branch of the Bridgewater Rescue Squad, Mt. Solon, Virginia 22843.

Eddie Walton Coffey and Jane Jones Mohler were married on 21 June 1952 in Augusta Co., VA.^42911,42912

Wedding Announcement, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Jul. 1, 1952, Page 19

"Coffey-Mohler

"The marriage of Miss Jane Jones Mohler, daughter of Mrs. Alfred Freeman Mohler, of Mount Solon, and the late Mr. Mohler, to Eddie Walton Coffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. James William Coffey, of Staunton, took place Saturday, June 21, at 4 P.M. at Glen Echo Farms, home of the bride. The Rev. Carroll Beale, pastor of the Mount Solon Methodist Charge, [sic] officiated.

"Miss Anne Harman, of Hagerstown, Md., and Bridgewater, was the bride's only attendant. James William Coffey, Jr., was his brother's best man.

"Mrs. Coffey is a graduate of Madison College. Mr. Coffey served in the United States Navy.

"The couple left on a wedding trip to Atlantic City, N. J."

Jane Jones Mohler, daughter of Alfred Freeman Mohler and Laura Lee Jones, was born on 25 February 1929 in Virginia. In 1952 Jane was a school teacher in Mount Solon, Augusta Co., VA.