Sixth Generation

1926. Mary Lue Coffey was born on 13 February 1882 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC. Mary died of acute articular rheumatism on 24 March 1915 at the age of 33 at home in Lower Creek, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Harpers Chapel Cemetery in Patterson, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 March 1915.^{7302,7303,7304}

Mary Lue Coffey and William Jefferson Austin were married on 9 July 1905 in Patterson, Caldwell Co., NC.^7305,7306 They^7305,7306 appeared in the census on 15 April 1910 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁷³⁰⁷ William Jefferson Austin, son of Julius Jefferson Austin and Celia Isabelle Harris, was born on 4 April 1874 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁷³⁰⁸ William died of nephrosclerosis with uremia on 7 December 1960 at the age of 86 at Broughton State Hospital in Morganton, Burke Co., NC and was buried at Harpers Chapel Cemetery in Patterson, Caldwell Co., NC.^7309,7310

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Austin Rites are Conducted

Funeral services for William Jefferson Austin, 86, retired farmer of 215 Spruce Street, who passed away Wednesday morning in a Morganton hospital were conducted at 11 o'clock this morning at Greer Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. H. R. Crocker, pastor of First Advent Christian Church, was in charge, and burial was in the Austin family plot at Harper's Chapel Cemetery at Patterson.

Pallbearers were Ben Eller, Lex Hartley, Sam Hartley, Collett Coffey, Louis Welborn and Clarence Coffey.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Roxie Barlow Austin, four sons, a daughter, a brother, three sisters ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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W. J. Austin Taken By Death

William Jefferson Austin, 86, well-known retired farmer who has made his residence at 215 Spruce Street for a number of months, passed away in a Morganton hospital at four o'clock this morning. He had been seriously ill for the last four months and had been in failing health for the last several years.

Funeral services will be conducted at Greer Funeral Home Chapel at 11 o'clock Thursday morning with Rev. H. R. Crocker, pastor of First Advent Christian Church, in charge. Interment will be in the Austin Family plot at Harper's Chapel cemetery at Patterson.

A member of an early Caldwell county family, Austin had spent most of his life farming in the Patterson section of the county. He was born at Patterson on April 4, 1874, the son of Julius Jefferson Austin and Celia Harris Austin. He was a member of the First Advent Christian church.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Roxie Barlow Austin, and the following children by a former marriage to Mary Coffey: Thomas Lester Austin of Hickory, Herbert William Austin of Morganton, Earl Jefferson and Ned Austin, born ot Lenoir, and Mrs. Lawrence McMillan of Lenoir.

Also surviving are a brother, George Austin of Lenoir, and three sisters, Mrs. Nell Hartley, Mrs. Rose Bean and Mrs. Jennie McGhinnis, also of Lenoir. There are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mary Lue Coffey and William Jefferson Austin had the following children: