Seventh Generation

4699. Clyde Elmore Coffey was born on 13 February 1896 in Nelson Co., VA. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1918 in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁹⁷³ He appeared in the census on 7 April 1930 in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁹⁷⁴ He registered for the WWII draft on 26 April 1942 in Portsmouth, VA.¹⁴⁹⁷⁵ Clyde died from a cerebral thrombosis and was buried at on 22 January 1968 at the age of 71 at Guardian Care Nursing Home in Portsmouth, VA and was buried at Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA.^{14976,14977,14978}

Clyde Elmore Coffey and Elsie Conner Mahler were married on 6 December 1915 in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁹⁷⁹ They^{¹⁴⁹⁷⁹} appeared in the census on 13 January 1920 in Norfolk, VA.¹⁴⁹⁸⁰ They^{¹⁴⁹⁸⁰} were divorced on 27 October 1933 in Virginia.¹⁴⁹⁸¹ Elsie Conner Mahler, daughter of Gottlieb Alfred Mahler and Ella Virginia Brooks, was born in December 1891 in Waynesboro, Independent City, VA.¹⁴⁹⁸² She lived with her parents in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA on 5 June 1900. She appeared in the census on 17 April 1930 in Norfolk, VA.¹⁴⁹⁸³ Elsie died and was buried at on 25 December 1960 at the age of 69 in Norfolk, VA and was buried at Rosewood Memorial Park in Norfolk, VA in December 1960 .¹⁴⁹⁸⁴

Obituary, Norfolk, VA Ledger-Dispatch, Dec. 26, 1960

Mrs. Elsie Mahler Boyhan, 66, daughter of the late Alfred G. and Mrs. Ella Virginia Brooks Mahler, died at the residence, 2401 Early Street, East Coleman Place, on Sunday at 6:20 a.m. following a long illness. She was a native of Waynesboro and had lived in this area for 40 years. She was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John S. Hill of Lynnhaven and Mrs. Ruth Leonard of Lynnwood, Calif.; three sons, Clyde E. Coffey Jr. and James H. Coffey, both of Norfolk, and H. Winston Coffey of Freeport, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Effie Kite, Mrs. Mabel White, and Mrs. Margaret Cannon, all of Waynesboro; three brothers, Henry Mahler of Newport News, Frank Mahler and Charles Mahler, both of Waynesboro,; 10 grandchildren, one great grandchild and a number of nieces and nephews. The body was removed to the Cox Funeral Home

Clyde Elmore Coffey and Elsie Conner Mahler had the following children:

+10264	i.	Clyde Elmore Coffey Jr..
10265	ii.	Harold Coffey was born circa 1918 in Virginia.
10266	iii.	Ruth Coffey was born circa 1920 in Virginia.
+10267	iv.	James Howard Coffey.
10268	v.	Lois Coffey was born circa 1926 in Virginia. She lived with her mother in Norfolk, VA on 17 April 1930. She lived with her mother and step-father at Tanners Creek in Norfolk, VA on 29 April 1940.

Clyde Elmore Coffey and Nellie Mae West Smith were married on 18 May 1964 in Portsmouth, VA.¹⁴⁹⁸⁵ Nellie Mae West Smith, daughter of William V. Smith and Hattie Mae West, was born on 30 April 1901 in Mathews, Mathews Co., VA. Nellie died of congestive heart failure and was buried at on 23 June 1964 at the age of 63 at Portsmouth General in Portsmouth, VA and was buried at Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA.^14986,14987