Seventh Generation

4661. William Fletcher Coffey was born on 25 November 1913 in Nelson Co., VA. William died in Nelson Co., VA on 25 November 1969. Hatters Cemetery in Tyro, Nelson Co., VA.^14901,14902

William Fletcher Coffey and Gladys Milton Dameron were married on 24 December 1929 in Nelson Co., VA. They lived with his parents in Nelson Co., VA on 5 April 1930. They appeared in the census on 27 April 1940 in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴⁹⁰³ William and Gladys^{¹⁴⁹⁰³} were separated on 2 July 1955 in Virginia and divorced on 7 October 1958 in Nelson Co., VA.¹⁴⁹⁰⁴ Gladys Milton Dameron was born on 31 March 1904 in Nelson Co., VA. Gladys died in Afton, Nelson Co., VA on 5 September 1986 and was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA in September 1986 .¹⁴⁹⁰⁵

William Fletcher Coffey and Gladys Milton Dameron had the following children:

10229	i.	Living was born circa 1931 in Nelson Co., VA.
+10230	ii.	Kenneth Mallon Coffey.
10231	iii.	Clifton M. Coffey was born on 15 March 1935 in Nelson Co., VA. Clifton died on 9 August 1986 and was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA in August 1986 .¹⁴⁹⁰⁶
10232	iv.	Living was born circa 1938 in Nelson Co., VA.
10233	v.	William Boyd Coffey was born on 5 March 1940 in Afton, Nelson Co., VA. William died in Nelson Chapel, Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 17 August 1958 in an automobile accident and was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA on 20 August 1958 .¹⁴⁹⁰⁷
10234	vi.	Joseph Wayne Coffey was born on 2 August 1942 in Nelson Co., KY. Joseph died in Nelson Co., VA on 28 April 1949 after being struck by an automobile and was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA in April 1949 .¹⁴⁹⁰⁸ Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, 28 Apr., 1949 Joseph Wayne Coffey, six year old boy who was struck by a truck near Afton at 8 a.m. Wednesday died at the Waynesboro Community Hospital at 12:10 a.m. today. A son of William F. and Gladys Dameron Coffey of Avon, he was struck as he dashed down a bank and into the road to catch a school bus. The accident occurred atop "Coon Hill" about eight miles south of Afton on Route 151 in Nelson County. He suffered a fractured skull and a fracture of the left thigh, and was unconscious from the time of admission until his death, hospital authorities stated. He was born Aug. 2, 1942 at Avon, and was a first grade student at the Rockfish Valley School. Beside his parents he is survived by four brothers, Private Howard C. Coffey, U. S. Army, Ft. Houston, Texas; Kenneth M., 16; Clifton M., 14; and William B., 9; and one sister, Janet Mae, 11. Also maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dameron, Waynesboro; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Coffey, Tyro. The body will remain at the Etter Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hebron Baptist Church, Avon, conducted by the Rev. B. F. Robinson, assisted by the Rev. Stafford E. Davis. Interment will be in the church cemetery.