Ninth Generation

17715. Rome Allen Coffey was born on 12 May 1919 in Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴³⁶⁸ He lived with his parents in Butler, Johnson Co., TN on 13 April 1940. Rome died on 22 November 1996 at the age of 77 in Salem, VA and was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Roanoke, VA.^{44369,44370,44371}

Rome Allen Coffey and Jewel Mabelyn Harrison were married. Jewel Mabelyn Harrison was born on 7 December 1923 in Virginia. Jewel died in Roanoke, VA on 31 October 2001 and was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Roanoke, VA on 3 November 2001 .^44372,44373

Obituary, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, Fri., Nov. 2, 2001

COFFEY, Jewell Mabelyn Harrison, 77, of Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2001. She was the widow of Rome A. Coffey. She is survived by sons, Roger Keith Coffey and wife, Alice and Robert Allen Coffey; grandson, Christopher Keith Coffey; brother, Bobby Harrison and wife, Rebecca; sisters, Jessie Kittrell, Polly Aldridge and husband, Herbert; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2001 at Oakey's North Chapel with Rev. Frank Feather officiating. The interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Oakey's North Chapel.

Rome Allen Coffey and Jewel Mabelyn Harrison had the following children: