Eighth Generation

10590. Thomas Calvin Coffey was born on 5 October 1883 in North Carolina. He registered for the WWI draft in 1917 in Buffalo Twp., Beckham Co., OK.³¹¹¹⁷ Thomas died on 29 August 1958 at the age of 74 in Buffalo Twp., Beckham Co., OK and was buried at Buffalo Cemetery in Sayre, Beckham Co., OK.³¹¹¹⁸

Thomas Calvin Coffey and Marilda Jane "Rilda" Wilson were married on 15 October 1905 in Roger Mills Co., OK. They appeared in the census on 18 April 1910 in Meridian Twp., Roger Mills Co., OK.³¹¹¹⁹ They^³¹¹¹⁹ appeared in the census on 15 January 1920 in Buffalo Twp., Beckham Co., OK.³¹¹²⁰ Thomas and Rilda^³¹¹²⁰ appeared in the census on 7 April 1930 in Buffalo Twp., Beckham Co., OK.³¹¹²¹ Marilda Jane "Rilda" Wilson was born on 27 December 1888 in Tennessee. Rilda died on 21 July 1983 at the age of 94 in Buffalo Twp., Beckham Co., OK and was buried at Buffalo Cemetery in Sayre, Beckham Co., OK.³¹¹²²

Thomas Calvin Coffey and Marilda Jane "Rilda" Wilson had the following children:

+17414	i.	Walter S. Coffey.
+17415	ii.	Charles Lee Coffey.
17416	iii.	Rev. Carl W. Coffey was born on 13 February 1913 in Mayfield, Beckham Co., OK. Carl enlisted in the US Army on 24 March 1944 at Fort Sill, Comanche Co., OK.³¹¹²³ Carl died on 12 July 2002 at the age of 89 in Idalou, Lubbock Co., TX and was buried at Buffalo Cemetery in Sayre, Beckham Co., OK.^{31124,31125,31126} IDALOU — Services for Carl W. Coffey, 89, of Idalou will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Idalou First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Hawkins officiating and the Rev. Vestal Blakely assisting. Burial will be in the Buffalo Cemetery in Sayre, Okla., under the direction of Adams Funeral Home of Lorenzo. He died Friday, July 12, 2002. He was born Feb. 13, 1913, in Mayfield, Okla. He married Syble Maple on Nov. 23, 1929, in Sweetwater, Okla. He ministered in churches in Oklahoma and Texas for 50 years. He attended Jacksonville Baptist College and received a doctor of divinity degree from Berean Christian College in Wichita, Kan., in 1978. In Texas he ministered in churches at Mixon, Mount Pleasant, McAdoo, Amarillo, Wellington, Farwell, McLeod, Spur, Simpsonville, Aiken and Abernathy. In Oklahoma he ministered at churches in Burns Flat, Sayre and Buffalo. He conducted revivals in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Canada. He was a member of the Crosbyton Masonic Lodge. He was a Army veteran of World War II and was a corporal in the infantry. He moved to Idalou from McAdoo in 1994. A daughter, Laquetta Ozbun, died Aug. 14, 1986. Two grandchildren also preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife; a son, Tommy Joe of Burlington, Canada; a daughter, Carlene Mann of Idalou; three sisters, Pauline Lyons of Sayre, Okla., Lorene Cleves of Amarillo and Lois Whipkey of Fritch; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
+17417	iv.	Claude D. Coffey.
17418	v.	Pauline Coffey was born circa 1921 in Oklahoma.
17419	vi.	Lorine Coffey was born about 1923 in Oklahoma.
17420	vii.	Thomas C. Coffey Jr. was born circa 1925 in Oklahoma.