Seventh Generation

5823. Doctor Patterson "Dock" Coffey was born on 25 January 1879 in Watauga Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁸⁸⁸⁰ Dock died of a myocardial infarction on 1 January 1959 at the age of 79 at home in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Blowing Rock City Cemetery in Watauga Co., NC on 3 January 1959.^18881,18882

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Sat., Jan. 3, 1959, Page 8

D. P. Coffey Dies in Blowing Rock

Blowing Rock, Jan. 2--Funeral services for D. P. Coffey, 79, who died Thursday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Blowing Rock Baptist Church by the Rev. Carlton Cox and Dr. Walter Keys. Burial will be in Blowing Rock Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Luda P. Coffey; four daughters, Mrs. Clara C. Thompson of Hickory and Mrs. A. Ann C. Brown, Mrs. Stuart Bolick and Mrs. Richard Gragg, all of Blowing Rock; and three sons, D. Paul Coffey and Glenn and Justice Coffey, all of Blowing Rock; one sister, Mrs. J. Lee Hayes of Lenoir; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Coffey had been in the mercantile business in Blowing Rock for more than 50 years. He served as mayor and alderman for more than 46 years and was a charter member of the Blowing Rock Civitan Club. He was treasurer of the First Baptist Church for more than 25 years.

Dock was the mayor of Blowing Rock for 16 years.

There is a death record in Watauga for Dock P. Coffey, born 1880, died 1 Jan. 1959. This is probably Dock Patterson with an incorrect birth year.

Doctor Patterson "Dock" Coffey and Luda Valentia Perry were married on 15 July 1901 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁵⁷⁵³ They⁵⁷⁵³ appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁸⁸⁸³ They¹⁸⁸⁸³ appeared in the census on 13 January 1920 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁸⁸⁸⁴ Dock and Luda¹⁸⁸⁸⁴ appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 on Green Park Road in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁸⁸⁸⁵ They¹⁸⁸⁸⁵ appeared in the census on 2 April 1940 at 23 North Main St. in Blowing Rock, Blowing Rock Twp., Watauga Co., NC.¹⁸⁸⁸⁶ Luda Valentia Perry, daughter of John P. Perry and Mary S. Kincaid, was born on 27 October 1878 in Adako, Caldwell Co., NC. Luda died of acute bronchial pneumonia on 26 December 1969 at the age of 91 at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 28 December 1969.^18887,18888

Doctor Patterson "Dock" Coffey and Luda Valentia Perry had the following children:

11991	i.	Clara Elizabeth Coffey was born on 19 September 1902 in Watauga Co., NC.18889
+11992	ii.	Helen C. Coffey.
+11993	iii.	Rosella May Coffey.
+11994	iv.	Delmos Paul Coffey.
11995	v.	Edith Lucille Coffey was born on 4 December 1909 in Watauga Co., NC. Edith died of a congenital heart defect on 8 June 1952 at the age of 42 at Hagaman Clinic in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 10 June 1952. She was never married.18890,18891 Edith Lucille never married.
11996	vi.	Herbert Glenn Coffey was born on 4 January 1912 in Watauga Co., NC.18892 Herbert died at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 18 April 2003 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 21 April 2003 . He also apparently never married.18893,18894,18895 Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Apr. 21, 2003 Mr. Herbert Glenn Coffey, 91, of Blowing Rock, died April 18, 2003. He was born in Blowing Rock to the late D.P. and Luda Perry Coffey. Mr. Coffey was the owner of the Blue Ridge Motel. He was a realtor, former member of the Town Council, active in politics, an honorary Kentucky Colonel, and a life time member of Rotary International. Survivors include one brother, Justin Coffey; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Paul Coffey; nieces and nephews, Patricia Bolick Moser, Susan Gragg, Hoyle and Perry Coffey, Richard Gragg, and Lewis and Albert Coffey; great-nieces and nephews, Tim Lawson, Kim and Brian Coffey, Lana Coffey, Heath and Celia Coffey, and Hunter Coffey; great-great nieces and nephews, Stephanie O?Keefe, Annelise Coffey, Bryson and Spencer Williams. The family wishes to recognize Mrs. Kay Johnson, friend and caregiver. He was preceded in death by sisters and brother, Clara C. Thompson, Helen C. Moore, Rosella C. Willis, Lucille Coffey, Ann C. Brown, Virginia C. Bolick, Luda C. Gragg, and Paul Coffey; and great-nieces, Jenifer L. Marriott and Kelly Ann Coffey. Services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Hampton Funeral Chapel with Dr. Daniel Featherstone officiating. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Blowing Rock Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 823, Blowing Rock, N.C. 28605. Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements. According to his obituary in The Blowing Rocket newspaper, Herbert Glenn Coffey was "lovingly called Col. Glenn because of his being designated a Kentucky Colonel..."
11997	vii.	Annie Laurie Coffey was born on 13 November 1913 in Watauga Co., NC.18896
+11998	viii.	Grace Virginia Coffey.
+11999	ix.	Luda Evelyn Coffey.
+12000	x.	Justin Hoyle Coffey.