| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation11687. Marion Oliver Coffey was born on 15 December 1896 in North Carolina.33414 He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1918 in Watauga Co., NC.33415 Marion died on 29 November 1995 at the age of 98 at Glenstone Health Care Center in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Edmisten Cemetery in Perkinsville, Watauga Co., NC.33416,33417 Obituary Marion Coffey Marion Oliver Coffey, 98, of Route 4, Boone, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1995, at Glenstone Health Care Center. He was born Dec. 15, 1896, in Watauga County to the late Thomas and Ellen Cook Coffey. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lyda Edmisten Coffey; four children; one granddaughter, Martha Fox; and a great-grandson, Matthew Higgins. Coffey was a retired farmer and a member of Laurel Fork Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Bill Coffey of Quaker Hill, Conn.; three daughters, Mrs. E. B. (Eula Mae) Fox and Mrs. David (Nancy) Haas of Boone and Mrs. Stanley (Geneva) Hall of Hudson; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral is Saturday at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Dean Coffey and Dr. Lamar King officiating. Burial will be in the Edmisten Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at thefuneral home in Boone. Memorial contributions may be made to the Project on Aging or to Meals on Wheels, 783 West King St., Boone, N.C 28607. Marion Oliver Coffey and Lydia Ruth Edmisten were married on 30 December 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.15302,15392,33418 They15302,15392,33418 lived with his mother in Watauga Co., NC on 24 January 1920. They appeared in the census on 10 April 1930 in Watauga Co., NC.33419 Marion and Lydia33419 appeared in the census on 9 April 1940 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.33420 Lydia Ruth Edmisten, daughter of Rufus Farthing Edmisten and Nancy Ann Ray, was born on 11 June 1899 in North Carolina.33421 Lydia died on 5 July 1995 at the age of 96 at Glenstone Health Care Center in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Edmisten Cemetery in Perkinsville, Watauga Co., NC.33422,33423,33424 Obituary Lyda Coffey Lyda Ruth Edmisten Coffey, 96, of Glenstone Health Care, died Wednesday, July 5, 1995 at Glenstone in Boone. She was born June 11, 1899, in Watauga County to the late Rufus Farthing and Nancy Ann Ray Edmisten. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by four infant children, a granddaughter, Martha Fox, and a great grandson, Matthew Higgins. Mrs. Coffey was a homemaker and a member of the Laurel Fork Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Marion O. Coffey of Glenstone; one son, Bill Coffey of Connecticut; three daughters, Mrs. Eula Mae Fox of Boone, Mrs. Geneva Hall of Hudson, and Mrs. Nancy Haas of Boone; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; and 7 great-great grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7-8:30 p.m. at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home in Boone. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Austin * Barnes Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dean Coffey and Rev. Bud Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Edmisten Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Project on Aging or to Meals on Wheels, 783 West King St., Boone, N.C. 28607. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Marion Oliver Coffey and Lydia Ruth Edmisten had the following children:
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