Eighth Generation

8393. Burl Coffey was born on 14 January 1884 in Kentucky. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Wayne Co., KY.²⁶¹¹² He registered for the WWII draft on 27 April 1942 in Benton Co., IN.²⁶¹¹³ Burl died on 15 May 1971 at the age of 87 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Elk Spring Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.^{26114,26115,26116,26117}

Burl Coffey and Camley Steele were married on 7 March 1903 in Scott Co., TN.²⁶¹¹⁸ They^²⁶¹¹⁸ appeared in the census on 5 May 1910 in Elk Creek Twp., Wayne Co., KY.²⁶¹¹⁹ They^²⁶¹¹⁹ appeared in the census on 12 January 1920 in Oil Valley, Wayne Co., KY.²⁶¹²⁰ Burl and Camley^²⁶¹²⁰ appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in Otterbein, Benton Co., IN.²⁶¹²¹ They^²⁶¹²¹ appeared in the census on 2 April 1940 in Center Twp., Benton Co., IN.²⁶¹²² Camley Steele, daughter of John M. Steele and Eliza , was born in December 1884 in Kentucky. She lived with her parents in Parmleysville, Wayne Co., KY on 16 June 1900. Camley died in Benton Co., IN on 12 June 1940 and was buried at Camley was buried in June 1940 at Mount Gilboa Cemetery in Fowler, Benton Co., IN. Her date of death is not known.²⁶¹²³

Camely is apparently not buried in the same cemetery as Burl.

Burl Coffey and Camley Steele had the following children:

15538	i.	Mabel Coffey was born circa 1905 in Kentucky.
15539	ii.	Earney Coffey was born on 1 October 1906 in Wayne Co., KY. Earney died at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY on 9 August 1985 and was buried at Lakeside Memorial Cemetery in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY on 12 August 1985 .²⁶¹²⁴ Earney Coffey, 78 Earney Coffey, Route 3, Waynesburg, died Friday, August 9, 1985 at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington after a long illness. He was 78 years old. Born in Wayne County on Oct. 1, 1906, he waas the son of Burl and Camley Steele Coffey. He was a farmer and the widower of Eva Coffey. Survivors include a son, Clarence E. Coffey of Somerset; two daughters, Joyce Mayfield of Somerset and Phyllis Wall of Waynesburg; three brothers, Leslie and Shaff Coffey, both of Indiana and Clarence Coffey of California; two sisters, Maymie Tuggle of Eubank and Dorothy Garrett of Ohio; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The funeral was August 12 at the Eubank Baptist Church with Rev. William "Dub" Henderson, Rev. Albert McKinney and Rev. Noah Broughton officiating. Burial was in the Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Somerset. Barnett & Demrow Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
15540	iii.	Oscar Coffey was born circa 1909 in Kentucky.
+15541	iv.	Mayme Coffey.
15542	v.	Mary Jane Coffey was born about 1912 in Kentucky.
+15543	vi.	Leslie Coffey.
15544	vii.	Frederic Coffey was born circa 1915 in Kentucky.
15545	viii.	Woodrow W. Coffey was born on 31 May 1918 in Wayne Co., KY.²⁶¹²⁵ Woodrow died in Los Angeles Co., CA on 21 January 1975.
15546	ix.	Dortha Coffey was born on 13 February 1921 in Wayne Co., KY.²⁶¹²⁶
+15547	x.	Shoff Gamblin Coffey.

Burl Coffey and Emma Lee Gregory were married on 1 November 1941 in Kentucky.
Emma may have been previously married to a so far unidentified Harry Coffey.

Emma Lee Gregory, daughter of George Washington Gregory and Gemima Elizabeth Worley, was born on 25 September 1897 in Kentucky. She lived with her parents in Parmleysville, Wayne Co., KY on 21 June 1900. In this census, her birth year was given as Dec., 1896. She was the third of four children in the family this census. Emma died on 5 December 1986 at the age of 89 in Kentucky and was buried at Elk Spring Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.^26127,26128

Emma Lee shares a headstone with Burl but, a death date for her is not given.