Seventh Generation

5215. Davis Eugene Coffey was born on 15 May 1895 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁷¹⁸⁸ He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁷¹⁸⁹ He lived with his parents in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 April 1930. Davis died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 6 December 1935 by suicide and was buried at Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery in Gamewell, Caldwell Co., NC in December 1935 .^17190,17191

Death Notice, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Sat., Dec. 7, 1935, Page 1

Lenoir Mail Carrier Is Fatally Wounded

Suicide Verdict Rendered In Death of Gene Coffey, 40, Whose Wife Had Left Him.

Lenoir, Dec. 6.--Gene Coffey, 40 year-old rural mail carrier, tonight committed suicide by blowing off the top of his head with a 12-gauge shotgun.

Coroner J. R. Swanson, who with Sheriff J. C. Tolbert conducted an investigation into the tragedy, pronounced it a suicide.

Coffey's wife left him yesterday, the coroner was informed, and that action was assigned as possible motive for the deed. Coffey had been absent from his duties for three days, Postmaster N. Hunt Gwyn states.

When the body was discovered it was lying across a bed with the shotgun clasped in both hands. Coffey roomed at the Frank Maynard residence, and a report was heard by member of the Maynard family shortly before 6 o'clock, but no investigation was made until a business caller came to see Coffey.

Surviving are his wife, a small child, his father, Finle [sic] Coffey of Gamewell and a number of brothers and sisters.

Funeral arrangements were not announced tonight.

Davis Eugene Coffey and Minnie Etoy Greene were married. Minnie Etoy Greene, daughter of Amos Greene and Charlotte Mary Bradley, was born on 22 July 1914 in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁷¹⁹² Minnie died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 3 April 1995 and was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 5 April 1995 .^{17193,17194,17195}

Death Notice, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Wed., Apr. 5, 1995

Mrs. Etoy Greene Greene, 80, retired nursing assistant, died April 3, 1995, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.

Survivors are her sisters, Mrs. Ella Collins, Mrs. Ollie Watson.

Davis Eugene Coffey and Minnie Etoy Greene had the following children: