Eighth Generation

12246. Howard Rufus Coffey was born on 7 April 1909 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁵⁶³⁶ He enlisted in the US Army on 12 February 1943 in Camp Croft, Spartanburg Co., SC.³⁵⁶³⁷ Howard died of an acute myocardial infarction on 10 March 1974 at the age of 64 at Blowing Rock Hospital in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{35638,35639,35640,35641,35642}

Howard Rufus Coffey and Bessie Mae Morrison were married on 23 December 1929 in Statesville, Statesville Twp., Iredell Co., NC.^35643,35644

Marriage notice, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Sun., Jan. 5, 1930, Page 18, Col. 4

Morrison-Coffey

Boone, Jan. 4, 1930 - Mrs. J. S. Morrison, of Statesville, announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Bessie Mae, to Rufus Howard Coffey, of Blowing Rock, the wedding having taken place recently in Statesville.

Mrs. Coffey, for a number of years, has been connected with the Elfred (?) store, Statesville, and is very popular among the younger set of that place. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Coffey of Blowing Rock, ad is well-liked by a large circle of friends. The happy couple spent the holidays with Mr. Coffey's parents at Blowing Rock. They^35643,35644 appeared in the census on 7 April 1930 in Statesville, Iredell Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁴⁵ They³⁵⁶⁴⁵ appeared in the census on 4 April 1940 in Blowing Rock, Blowing Rock Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁵⁶⁴⁶ Bessie Mae Morrison was born on 9 July 1895 in Iredell Co., NC. Bessie died on 21 February 1982 at the age of 86 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{35647,35648,35649,35650}