Ninth Generation

18027. Ida Irene Coffey was born on 23 February 1919 in Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁷⁴⁶ Ida died at Caldwell UNC Healthcare in Caldwell Co., NC on 3 January 2017 and was buried at Woods Family Cemetery in Darby, Wilkes Co., NC on 6 January 2017 .^44747,44748

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Blowing Rock, NC, Jan. 5, 2017

Lenoir, NC- Mrs. Ida Irene Coffey Woods, age 97, of Lenoir, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2016 at Caldwell UNC Healthcare.

Born February 23, 1919 in Watauga County, Irene was a daughter of the late Leon and Marion Norris Coffey. She was the oldest member of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church. She was a seamstress and enjoyed making wedding dresses, linens and other crafts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Woods; three brothers, Wade Coffey, Homer Coffey and Owen Coffey; three sisters, Thelma Deal, Marie Broyhill and Helen Carroll.

She is survived by her children, Vivian Fisher(husband Don) and Leonard Woods (wife Pam) and Catherine Avery; a sister, Jewell Moody; a brother, Wayne Coffey; she is also survived by eight grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and one great grandchild.

A celebration of Irene’s life will be held on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church with Pastor Dan Duke and Pastor Todd Braswell officiating. Interment will follow the service at the Woods Family Cemetery in Darby, NC.

The family will receive friends at the church from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM prior to the service.

Memorials can be made to St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church at 1406 Harper Ave NW, Lenoir, North Carolina 28645.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.evansfuneralservice.com.

Evans Funeral Service and Crematory of Lenoir are serving the Woods family.

Ida Irene Coffey and Vernon Stokes Woods were married on 27 November 1944 in Watauga Co., NC.^44738,44749 Vernon Stokes Woods was born on 27 January 1918 in North Carolina.⁷¹⁷¹ Vernon enlisted in the in the US Army on 12 August 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.⁴⁴⁷⁵⁰ Vernon died on 12 October 1996 at the age of 78 in Mecklenburg Co., NC and was buried at the Darby-Woods Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^{44751,44752,44753}

Ida Irene Coffey and Vernon Stokes Woods had the following children: