Tenth Generation

20717. Earl Edison Coffey was born on 7 July 1912 in Oil Valley, Wayne Co., KY. Earl resided with his parents in McCreary Co., KY on 22 April 1930. Earl died and was buried at the on 23 August 1993 at the age of 81 at Scott County Hospital in Scott Co., TN. Spradlin Cemetery in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY on 26 August 1993 .⁴⁷⁵⁹⁰

Earl Edison "Bulldog" Coffey

81, of Cooperative, Ky., died August 23, 1993, at the Scott County Hospital.

Born July 7, 1912, in Oil Valley, Ky., he was the son of the late Albert Coffey and the late Lottie Ann Denny Coffey. He was a coal miner and was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Esther Spradlin Coffey; three brothers: Clarence Nelson Coffey, Roy Lee Coffey and Wendell Albert Coffey; and three sisters: Anna Marie Coffey, Thelma Mae McCullah and Susie Oneida Griffis.

He is survived by his children: Mr. and Mrs. Sterling (Fannie) Coffey of Stearns, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Forrest (Geraldine) Coffey of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Libby) Coffey of Stearns, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Eddie (Joy) Coffey of Clairfield, Tenn., Gerald Coffey of St. Mary's, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Paula) Coffey of Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby (Janice) Coffey of Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. Lindell (Reba) Kidd of Stearns, Charlotta Coffey, Oneida, Theresa Shook, Stearns; and a son-in-law, Herman Lee, Hamilton, Ohio.

Other survivors include 32 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren; three brothers: Wallace Earnest Coffey, James O'Dell Coffey, and Harold Eugene Coffey, all of Cincinnati; three sisters: Ruby Opal Chitwood of Pine Knot, Ky., Sarah Doris Jones and Clara Joyce Green, both of Cincinnati. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 26, 11 a.m. at the White Oak Junction Baptist Church with Rev. Earl Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Spradlin Cemetery.

McCreary County Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. [Theresa Stevens]

Note: A much shorter version appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY on Wed., Aug. 25, 1993, Final Edition, Page B2

WHITLEY CITY -- Earl Edison "Bulldog" Coffey, 81, Stearns, retired coal miner, widower of Mary Esther Coffey, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, White Oak Junction Baptist Church, Stearns. Visitation 6 p.m. today, McCreary County Funeral Home.

Earl Edison Coffey and Mary Esther "Rett" Spradlin were married on 26 August 1933 in Kentucky. They appeared in the census on 14 April 1940 in Claiborne Co., TN.⁴⁷⁵⁹¹ Mary Esther "Rett" Spradlin was born on 13 May 1914. Mary died on 5 July 1972 and was buried at the Spradlin Cemetery in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY in July 1972 .⁴⁷⁵⁹²

Earl Edison Coffey and Mary Esther "Rett" Spradlin had the following children:

22351	i.	Living was born circa 1934 in McCreary Co., KY.
22352	ii.	Living was born circa 1936 in McCreary Co., KY.
+22353	iii.	Barbara Faye Coffey.
22354	iv.	Living was born in 1941 in Claiborne Co., TN.
+22355	v.	Living.
22356	vi.	Living was born in 1946 in Claiborne Co., TN.
22357	vii.	Shirley Dean Coffey was born on 16 October 1948 in Claiborne Co., TN. Shirley died in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN on 29 November 1948 of pneumonia and was buried at the Spradlin Cemetery in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY on 1 December 1948 .^{47593,47594,47595}
22358	viii.	Janice DeOla Coffey was born on 3 November 1949 in Eagan, Claiborne Co., TN. Janice died at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY on 6 March 2013 and was buried at Spradlin Cemetery in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY on 9 March 2013 .^47596,47597 Obituary, The McCreary County Record, Whitley City, KY, Wed., Mar. 13, 2013, Authors: Janie Slaven and Paula Vann WHITLEY CITY — Janice Deola Coffey age 63 years, 4 months, and 3 days of Stearns, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 1:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Wayne Inman and Bro. George Allen Coffey officiating. Burial followed in the Spradlin Cemetery. She was born November 3, 1949 in Eagan, Tennessee to Earl Coffey and Esther (Spradlin) Coffey. Janice was a member of the Cherokee United Baptist Church. She had a heart of gold and never met a stranger. Janice enjoyed caring for her family and friends. Preceding her in death are her parents, sisters, Barbara Lee and Shirley Coffey, and a little brother she loved dearly, Kenny Coffey. Survivors include her daughters, Hannah Esther Garrett of Whitley City, Kentucky and Hallie Bobbie Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky; the father of her daughters, Bobby Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky; brothers, Gene Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky, Eddie Coffey of Lafollette, Tennessee, Pete Coffey of Ohio, Jerry Coffey of Oneida, Tennessee, and Albert Coffey of Stearns, Kentucky; sisters, Reba Kidd of Stearns, Kentucky, Charlotta Kidd of Oneida, Tennessee, and Teresa Monroe of Helenwood, Tennessee; grandchildren, Virginia Rayne Cooper, Gracie Marie Garrett, and Johnna Rose Garrett; the children who called her nana, Noah Dale, Audrie, and Abbie Shook; and several nieces and nephews. Condolences may be left for the family at www.strunkfuneralhome.net Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home served the family of Mrs. Janice Coffey.
22359	ix.	Kenneth Earl Coffey was born on 18 December 1951 in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN. Kenneth died in Hamilton, Butler Co., OH on 2 November 2005 and was buried at the Hickory Flat Cemetery in Hamilton, Butler Co., OH on 7 November 2005 .^47598,47599
22360	x.	Living was born in 1953 in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN.
22361	xi.	Living was born in 1954 in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN.
22362	xii.	Living was born in 1957 in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN.