Eighth Generation


8608. Rev. Walter Othel Coffey was born on 26 March 1913 in Scott Co., TN. He lived with his brother in law, Arnold G. Lewis in McCreary Co., KY on 22 April 1930. Rev. Coffey died on 5 December 1974 at the age of 61 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY.26810,26811

Rev, Walter Othel Coffey, 61, a resident of Pine Knot, died Thursday, Dec. 5, in University Hospital, Lexington, Ky., after an illness of three months.

The son of Captain Coffey and Lettie McBride Coffey, both deceased, he was born at Oneida, Tenn., March 26, 1913. He lived most of his life in McCreary County, was a coal miner and an ordained minister in the Free Will Baptist Church. He was a member of the Pine Knot Free Will Baptist Church, and Orie S. Ware Lodge 874, F & AM.

He was united in marriage to Mamie Matilda Baltimore at Cooperative, Ky., Aug. 12, 1932, and she survives.

Surviving, besides his wife, are four daughters, Mrs. Joyce Collins, Mrs. Shelba Kierstead and Donna Sue Coffey, all of Pine Knot. Mrs. Phyllis Huckaby, Russell Springs, Ky.; three sons, Charles and Ronnie Coffey, Pine Knot, and Johnny Coffey, Stearns; one brother, John Coffey, Oneida, Tenn., two sisters, Mrs. Ada Lewis and Mrs. Maude Davis, both of Oneida; and six grand-children. A daughter, Patricia Coffey, preceded her father in death.

Masonic services were held Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the funeral home chapel.

The Rev. Bill Childress, Rev. Edgar Baltimore and Rev. Luther Baltimore conducted funeral services Sunday in the Free Will Baptist Church, Pine Knot, at 1 p.m.

Hickman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Rev. Walter Othel Coffey and Mamie Maltida Baltimore were married on 12 August 1932 in Co-Operative, McCreary Co., KY. They appeared in the census on 18 May 1940 in McCreary Co., KY.26812 Mamie Maltida Baltimore, daughter of Benjamin Edgar Baltimore and Mamie Lou Donelson, was born on 22 April 1915 in Sparta, White Co., TN. Mamie died in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY on 15 January 1986 and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY in January 1986 .26813,26814

Rev. Walter Othel Coffey and Mamie Maltida Baltimore had the following children:

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Joyce Lee Coffey was born on 12 October 1934 in Kentucky. Joyce died on 18 February 2008 at the age of 73 at North Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY on 21 February 2008.26815,26816

McCreary County Record, Whitley, McCreary Co., KY, Feb. 27, 2008

Joyce Coffey

Homemaker

Ms. Joyce Coffey, age 73, of Pine Knot, Kentucky, passed from this life on Monday, February 18, 2008, at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville.

Funeral services were held Thursday, February 21, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Freewill Baptist Church in Pine Knot with Rev. Eddie King officiating. Music was provided by Bill Stephens and Company. Burial was at the Pine Knot Cemetery.

Born October 12, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Walter Othel and Mamie Matilda Baltimore Coffey. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by two brothers Johnny and Ronnie Coffey and a sister Patricia Coffey.

Surviving family include two daughters Theresa (and Fenton) Stephens of Powell, Tennessee, and Sherri (and Mark) Hasson of Louisville. There are three sisters Shelba Kierstead of Pine Knot, Phyllis Huckaby of Russell Springs, Kentucky, Donna Thomas of Charleston, South Carolina, and a brother Charles Coffey of LaGrange, Kentucky.

Joyce had six grandchildren and a great great-grandson.

She was a homemaker and member of the Pine Knot Freewill Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, traveling, and reading the Bible. But most importantly, she cherished the time she was able to spend with her grandchildren.

Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.

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Living was born circa 1937 in McCreary Co., KY.

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Charles Edward "Buddy" Coffey was born on 10 November 1942 in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY. Charles died in Kentucky on 12 October 2011 and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY in October 2011 .26817

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Patricia Sue Coffey was born on 2 December 1945 in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY. Patricia died on 5 May 1947 at the age of 1 in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY.26818,26819,26820

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Johnny Othel Coffey was born on 21 April 1948 in Jellico, Campbell Co., TN. Johnny died on 17 March 1999 at the age of 50 in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY.26821,26822

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Ronnie Dewayne Coffey was born on 9 May 1952 in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY. Ronnie died on 19 September 1978 at the age of 26 in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY and was buried at Pine Knot Cemetery in Pine Knot, McCreary Co., KY.26823,26824

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Living (private).

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Living (private).
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