Eighth Generation


9691. Mittie Bell Coffey was born on 30 March 1892 in Nelson Co., VA. Mittie died on 17 October 1923 at the age of 31 in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.13301,13302

Mittie Bell Coffey and Henry Marshall Everitt were married on 4 July 1912 in Nelson Co., VA.13299 They13299 appeared in the census on 26 June 1920 in Nelson Co., VA.13300 Henry Marshall Everitt, son of Elias Everitt and Martha Ann Demastus, was born on 15 October 1879 in Nelson Co., VA.

This birthdate is inscribed on his headstone. The 1900 federal census for Nelson county reports his birthdate as May 1881.

He registered for the WWI draft on 3 September 1917 in Nelson Co., VA.13296 Henry died on 29 June 1969 at the age of 89 in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at Mountain Top Christian Church Cemetery in Love, Nelson Co, VA.13297,13298


Obituary, The Waynesboro News Virginian, Jun. 30, 1960

Henry Marshall Everitt, 88, died at 5:50 p.m. Sunday at his home, Route 1, Lyndhurst.

Mr. Everitt was a member of the Mt. Top Christian Church and was the last member of his immediate family.

Before his retirement he operated a sawmill and was a retired merchant and farmer.

He was born on Oct. 25, 1880, in Nelson County, a son of the late Elias and Martha Ann Demastus Everitt.

He is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Clatis Coffey Everitt; one daughter, Miss Lucy Ann Everitt, at home; two sons, Shelby Lee Everitt of Love and Eugene L. Everitt, at home; also the following children by his marriage to the late Mrs. Smittie Bell Coffey Everitt, two sons, Henry Willard Everitt of Salem and George Ray Everitt of Ft. Defiance, and one daughter, Mrs. Saylor (Annie) Coffey Sr. of Love; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.

The body will remain at the Etter Funeral Home until this evening when it will be returned to his residence where it will remain until one hour prior to the service.

The body will be placed in the Mt. Top Christian Church at 1 p.m. Tuesday for viewing.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at the church, conducted by the Rev. Cecil O. Rhodes of Shenandoah, assisted by the Rev. Melvin Thompson of Lynchburg. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family will requests that memorial gifts be made to the Mt. Top Christian Church.

Active pallbearers will be Jake Hewitt, Jake Coffey, Forest Coffey, Saylor Coffey Jr., Zandy Coffey and Hugh Coffey.

Honorary pallbearers will be Elmer Hewitt, John Coffey, Ralph Hewitt, Harry A. Miller and Elwood Fitzgerald.

Contributed by: jboppe@cfw.com 

Mittie Bell Coffey and Henry Marshall Everitt had the following children:

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Annie Bell Everitt.
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