| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Ninth Generation16519. Norman Elwood Coffey was born on 31 December 1929 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Norman died in Lexington, VA on 11 December 1999 and a Memorial Service was held In Lexington, VA at Trinity United Methodist Church on 15 December 1999.42779 Obituary, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, Tue., Dec. 14, 1999 COFFEY, Norman Elwood, 69, of Lexington, died Saturday, December 11, 1999. Mr. Coffey was born on December 31, 1929 in Rockbridge Co. and was a son of the late Ernest Webster Coffey and Ethel Stratton Coffey. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. Mr. Coffey is survived by his wife, Rita Garrett Coffey, Lexington; four children, Victor A. Coffey and wife, Ann, Bedford, Pam A. Coffey, Roanoke, Tracy L. Coffey and wife, Denise, Roanoke, Melodie Hoy and husband, Jay, Wake Forest, N.C.; two brothers, Stratton Coffey, Clayton Coffey, both of Lexington; two sisters, Juanita Blosser, Buena Vista, Doris C. Hafle, Fredrick, Md.; four grandchildren, Victoria A. Coffey, Jonathan Alan Norman Coffey, Malorie Leigh Coffey Hoy, Little Jimmy Hoy; numerous nieces and nephews; a faithful feline, Okie; two faithful canines, Hunter and Charlie. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at the Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Reuter and Rev. Fred Arndt officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Goshen Rescue Squad, Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office D.A.R.E. Program, or the Trinity United Methodist Church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Arrangements by the Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington.
Norman Coffey, Longtime Store Owner, Dies Norman Elwood Coffey, 69, of Lexington, owner of a Lexington furniture store for almost 25 years, died Saturday, Dec. 11. Mr. Coffey bought the furniture business he was to become known for, Norman Coffey Furniture, from Blosser Furniture Co. in the '70s and ran the store in two locations until 1981 when he consolidated the store into its location on South Jefferson Street. He operated the store, with the familiar oak rockers out front, until he closed the business and retired in late 1996. Before entering the furniture business, he was a farmer, running one farm outside of Lexington and a cattle farm on Plank Road. He grew up working at his family's business, Coffey's Amoco Station on U.S. 60, later buying the business and running it until the 60s. He also worked for a time as a carpet inspector at Lees Carpets. He was born Dec. 31, 1929, in Rockbridge County, son of the late Ernest Webster Coffey and Ethel Stratton Coffey. He was married to Rita Garrett Coffey and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. In the past few years he has been a door greeter at Wal-Mart. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, Pam A. Coffey and Tracy L. Coffey, both of Roanoke, Victor A. Coffey of Bedford and Melodie Hoy of Wake Forest, N.C.; two brother, Stratton Coffey and Clayton Coffey, both of Lexington; two sisters, Juanita Blosser of Buena Vista and Doric C. Haffle of Fredrick, Md.; and four grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, at Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Mark Reuter and the Rev. Fred Arndt. Memorial contributions may be made to the Goshen Rescue Squad, the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department D.A.R.E. program or Trinity United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by Harrison;s Funeral Home. Norman Elwood Coffey and Rita Isabelle Garrett were married on 5 April 1953 in Lexington, VA.42780 Rita Isabelle Garrett, daughter of Herbert Wilson Garrett and Dorothy Dix Price, was born circa 1935 in Lexington, Davidson Co., NC. |