Eighth Generation

10512. Herman Eugene Coffey was born on 20 June 1922 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁸⁷⁴ Herman enlisted in the on 16 January 1943 at Camp Croft, Spartanburg Co., SC.³⁰⁸⁷⁵ Herman died at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC on 6 March 1989 and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC in March 1989 .^{30876,30877,30878,30879}

Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Wed., Mar. 8, 1989

Charlotte Observer, The (NC) — Wednesday, March 8, 1989, 66, retired farmer, died March 6, 1989, at N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Reins- Sturdivant Funeral Home.

Survivors are his wife, Sally; sons, Bill Coffey of North Miami, Fla., Sam Coffey; daughter, Mrs. Martha Graybeal of Deep Gap; brothers, Arthur Coffey of Kenner, La., Dan Coffey; sisters, Mrs. Ila Williams of Lenoir, Mrs. Dorothy Lowder of South Carolina, Mrs. Faye Wheeler; stepbrother, C.M. Harrison of Colorado.

Herman Eugene Coffey and Sally Kate Greer were married on 7 January 1950 in Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁸⁸⁰ Sally Kate Greer was born on 24 July 1930 in Watauga Co., NC. Sally died on 29 December 2009 at the age of 79 in Watauga Medical Center, Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 1 January 2010.^30881,30882

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga Co., NC, Jan. 4, 2010

Mrs. Sally Greer Coffey, 79, 1167 Sock Houck Road, Boone, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 29, 2009, at Watauga Medical Center.

She was born July 24, 1930 in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Reverend Arnt Greer and Hazel Eggers Greer. She was a retired stock clerk for Appalachian State University and a member of Union Baptist Church.

Mrs. Coffey is survived by one daughter, Martha C. Graybeal and husband, R.D., of Deep Gap; two sons, Sam Coffey of Boone, and Bill Coffey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two grandchildren, Catherine Graybeal and Bobby Graybeal, both of Deep Gap; one sister, Nancy Jones and husband, Clyde; and one brother, Curtis Greer and wife, Jewell, all of Boone.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Eugene Coffey.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning, Jan. 1, 2010, at 11:00 o'clock, at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. The body will lie in state, at the chapel, from 10:00 until 11:00 o'clock. Burial will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens.

The family will receive friends Friday morning, from 10:00 until 11:00 o'clock, at the funeral home, prior to the service.

Online condolences may be sent to the Coffey family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.