Eighth Generation

11993. Rosella May Coffey was born on 20 September 1905 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶⁴¹ Rosella died on 2 August 1996 at the age of 90 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 4 August 1996.³⁴⁶⁴²

Obituary, unknown newspaper

Blowing Rock - Mrs. Rosella Coffey Willis of 311 Sunset Dr., Blowing Rock, widow of Mr. Thomas Willis, died Friday, August 2, 1996, at Blowing Rock Hospital.

She was born in Blowing Rock to the late D.P. and Luda Perry Coffey. She was a homemaker, an artist and a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ann Brown, two brothers, Justin Coffey and wife, Frances, and Glenn Coffey, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Carol Coffey, all of Blowing Rock, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral is 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Blowing Rock with the Rev. Don Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock. The family will receive friends any time at the Willis Residence.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 1910, Boone, NC 28607; or Blowing Rock Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 823, Blowing Rock, NC 28605.

Hampton Funeral Service in Boone is in charge.

Rosella May Coffey and William T. Willis were married on 16 February 1928 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶⁴³ William T. Willis was born (date unknown).