Seventh Generation

4984. Thomas Franklin Coffey was born on 13 March 1877 in Buffalo Twp., Caldwell Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918¹⁶⁰²⁴ Thomas died on 18 February 1942 at the age of 64 in Granite Falls, Lovelady Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Pinecrest Cemetery in Granite Falls, Caldwell Co., NC in February 1942 .^16025,16026

Thomas Franklin Coffey and Mary Kathryn Lingafelt were married. They appeared in the census on 14 June 1900 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁰²⁷ They^{¹⁶⁰²⁷} appeared in the census on 23 April 1910 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁰²⁸ Mary Kathryn Lingafelt, daughter of George Lingafelt and Susan Phillips, was born on 7 December 1877 in Burke Co., NC. Mary Kathryn died of a coronary occlusion on 17 May 1950 at the age of 72 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC and was buried at Pinecrest Cemetery in Granite Falls, Caldwell Co., NC on 20 May 1950.^16029,16030

Thomas Franklin Coffey and Mary Kathryn Lingafelt had the following children:

+10790	i.	Robert Gaither "Gaither" Coffey.
+10791	ii.	Frank Bynum Coffey.
10792	iii.	Mattie May Coffey lived with her parents in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 14 June 1900. She was born in June 1900 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.
+10793	iv.	Henry Columbus Coffey.
10794	v.	Annie Lee Coffey was born (date unknown).
+10795	vi.	Cloyd Finley Coffey.
10796	vii.	Thomas Howard Coffey was born in 1921 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁶⁰³¹ Thomas died in Mobile, Mobile Co., AL on 11 May 1994 and was buried at Mobile Memorial Gardens in Mobile, Mobile Co., AL on 12 May 1994 .^16032,16033 Obituary, The Mobile Register, Mobile, AL, Wed., May 11, 1994 The Rev. Thomas H. Coffey, pastor of First Church of God of Mobile for the past four years, died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 73. Rev. Coffey, who resided in Mobile for the past 13 years, was a native of Granite Falls, N.C. Prior to moving to Mobile, he had served as pastor of First Church of God of Harlington, Texas, for eight years. He also held pastorial positions in Spruce Pine, N.C.; Hammond, La.; Oak Grove, Miss., and Lynchburg, Va. He is survived by his wife, Frances J. Coffey of Mobile; a daughter, Connie Drain of Wagoner, Okla.; a son, Kent Coffey of Chicago; a sister, Annie Lee Hefner of Newport, N.C.; eight grandsons; and seven great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends this evening from 5 to 8 at Radney Funeral Home in Mobile. The funeral is set Thursday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel, with interment at Mobile Memorial Gardens.