| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation11681. Martha Blanche Coffey was born on 25 December 1886 in Watauga Co., NC. Martha died of heart disease on 14 January 1962 at the age of 75 in Boone, Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Ford Cemetery in Aho, Watauga Co., NC on 16 January 1962.33373,33374 Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Tue., Jan. 16, 1962, Page 16 Mrs. Filmore G. Ford Boone, Jan. 15 - Mrs. Martha Blanche Coffey Ford, 75, of Route 4, Boone, died Sunday at her home. She was a native of Watauga County. Survivors are her husband, Filmore Garfield Ford; seven sons, William S. Ford of Route 8, Lenoir, Ralph of Blowing Rock, David of Lenoir, John F. of Route 4, Boone, Thomas B. and Marion Glen of Boone and Farthing G. of Lexington; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde Jackson of Todd, Mrs. Ronda Hampton and Mrs. Lonnie Harrison of Lenoir and Mrs. Elster Church of Fleetwood; two brothers, Marion O. Coffey of Route 4, Boone, and Joe L. Coffey of Deep Gap; two sisters, Mrs. B. A. Hampton of Route 4, Boone, and Mrs. Kinney Brown of Route 1, Boone; 54 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Laurel Fork Baptist Church by the Rev. Carson Eggers and the Rev. Raymond Hendrix. Burial will be in the family cemetery. Martha Blanche Coffey and Filmore Garfield Ford were married on 13 November 1904 in Watauga Co., NC.33375,33376 They33375,33376 appeared in the census on 11 May 1910 in Watauga Co., NC.33377 They33377 appeared in the census on 6 January 1920 in Watauga Co., NC.33378 Martha and Filmore33378 appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Watauga Co., NC.33379 Filmore Garfield Ford, son of John Squire Ford and Cenia Cook, was born on 18 December 1880 in Watauga Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Watauga Co., NC.33380 Filmore died by suicide on 13 May 1964 at the age of 83 at home in Lenoir, Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Ford Cemetery in Aho, Watauga Co., NC on 15 May 1964.33381,33382 Martha Blanche Coffey and Filmore Garfield Ford had the following children:
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