Seventh Generation

5516. Walter Franklin Coffey was born on 3 March 1889 in Rhea Co., TN. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Morgan Co., TN.¹⁷⁸⁵¹ Walter died and was buried at on 31 May 1970 at the age of 81 in Harriman, Roane Co., TN and was buried at Crab Orchard Cemetery in Oakdale, Morgan Co., TN.^{17852,17853,17854}

Walter Franklin Coffey and Nora Ellis Adkisson were married on 11 August 1919 in Roane Co., TN.¹⁷⁸⁵⁵ They¹⁷⁸⁵⁵ appeared in the census on 18 April 1940 in Morgan Co., TN.¹⁷⁸⁵⁶ Nora Ellis Adkisson was born on 27 July 1897 in Morgan Co., TN. Nora died in Harriman, Roane Co., TN on 12 October 1982 and was buried at Crab Orchard Cemetery in Oakdale, Morgan Co., TN in October 1982 .¹⁷⁸⁵⁷

Walter Franklin Coffey and Nora Ellis Adkisson had the following children:

+11487	i.	Jesse Alden Coffey.
11488	ii.	Clara Leon Coffey was born on 22 March 1922 in Tennessee. Clara died on 19 December 1944 at the age of 22 at Harriman Hospital in Harriman, Roane Co., TN and was buried at Crab Orchard Cemetery in Oakdale, Morgan Co., TN.17858,17859 Obituary; The Harriman Record -- Clara Leon Coffey, 22 died at Harriman City Hospital, Tuesday, December 19 of last week. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coffey; two brothers, Clarence and Jess Coffey; and one sister, Miss Laura Coffey all of Harriman. Funeral services were conducted at the Crab Orchard church Thursday with Rev. Burl Thompson officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Kyker Funeral Home in charge. [Source: Benna J.]
11489	iii.	Clarence William "Budgy" Coffey was born on 22 March 1922 in Morgan Co., TN. Clarence died on 19 May 1998 at the age of 76 in Roane Co., TN and was buried at Crab Orchard Cemetery in Oakdale, Morgan Co., TN.17860,17861
11490	iv.	Laura Mae Coffey was born on 5 October 1926 in Tennessee. Laura died in Roane Co., TN on 6 March 2000. Piney Grove Cemetery in Midtown, Roane Co., TN in March 2000 .