Eighth Generation

11917. George Wiley Coffey was born on 20 March 1890 in North Carolina. George died of an intestinal obstruction on 25 January 1948 at the age of 57 at Wilkes General Hospital in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{34339,34340,34341}

RITES WEDNESDAY FOR G. W. COFFEY

George Wiley Coffey, fifty-seven, of Boone, Route One, a native of Caldwell county died in a North Wilkesboro hospital on Sunday morning, following an illness of several months.

Funeral rites will be conducted at the Boone Fork Baptist church on Wednesday morning at eleven o’clock. Burial will be in the White Springs cemetery.

Mr. Coffey was born March 30, 1890, the son of Mrs. Julia Hollifield Coffey of Blowing Rock and the late Jesse Coffey. He was a farmer and sawmill operator.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Mrs. Ida Coffey, of Boone, Route One; four daughters, Mrs. Louisa Robbins, of Lenoir, Route Eight; Mrs. E. D. Woodruff of Globe; Mrs. Virginia Triplett, of Boone and Mrs. Marshall E. Nelson of Hickory; five sons, Lawrence, Arvil, Baxter, Shuford and Kinard Coffey, all of Boone, Route one, and nine grandchildren.

Also surviving are four brothers, Harley Coffey of Lenoir, Charlie and Tom Coffey of Shulls Mills [sic] and Glen Coffey of Boone, Route One, and four sisters, Mrs. Annie McRary of Linville, Mrs. Ella Coffee of Banner Elk and Mrs. Pearl Day and Mrs. Bertha Moody of Blowing Rock.

George Wiley Coffey and Ida Belle Norman were married on 11 April 1912 in Watauga Co., NC.^7629,34342 They^{^7629,34342} appeared in the census on 7 February 1920 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁴³⁴³ They^³⁴³⁴³ appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁴³⁴⁴ George and Ida^{³⁴³⁴⁴} appeared in the census on 26 April 1940 in Yadkin Valley Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁴³⁴⁵ Ida Belle Norman, daughter of Fannie Belle Norman, was born on 5 April 1886 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC. She appeared in the census on 25 April 1910 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.³⁴³⁴⁶ Ida died of sudden hypostatic pneumonia on 3 September 1974 at the age of 88 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 5 September 1974.^34347,34348

The birth record for her child Virginia gives Ida's maiden name as Church.

George Wiley Coffey and Ida Belle Norman had the following children:

18381	i.	Lawrence Herman Coffey was born on 28 April 1913 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with his parents in Watauga Co., NC on 7 February 1920. He lived with his parnts in Watauga Co., NC on 2 February 1930. Lawrence died died unmarried and was buried at on 24 August 1977 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 26 August 1977.^{34349,34350,34351}
+18382	ii.	Arvil Harden Coffey.
18383	iii.	Susan Ann Coffey was born on 12 November 1915 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴³⁵² This child was not with the parents in the 1920 or the 1930 census. This child was not with the family in the 1920 or 1930 census record.
18384	iv.	Claude Coffey was born on 18 May 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴³⁵³ He lived with his parents in Watauga Co., NC on 7 February 1920. Claude died on 8 September 1923 at the age of 6 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.^{34354,34355,34356}
+18385	v.	Elouise Lorie Coffey.
+18386	vi.	Julia Louise Coffey.
+18387	vii.	Marsha L. Coffey.
+18388	viii.	Mary Virginia Coffey.
+18389	ix.	Hubert George "Baxter" Coffey.
+18390	x.	Shuford H. Coffey.
+18391	xi.	Bobby Kenneth (Kennard?) Coffey.