Ninth Generation

16304. Charles Walker Coffey was born on 26 January 1904 in Virginia.⁷²²⁵ Charles died on 28 October 1963.⁴²³⁷⁸

Charles Walker Coffey and Verna Lee Pardue were married on 27 December 1929 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA.⁴²³⁷⁹ They⁴²³⁷⁹ appeared in the census on 17 April 1930 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA.⁴²³⁸⁰ They⁴²³⁸⁰ appeared in the census on 19 April 1940 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA.⁴²³⁸¹ Verna Lee Pardue, daughter of Franklin Thurman Pardue and Ethel Lee Thomas, was born on 3 April 1905 in Monroe Co., TN. Verna died in Raleigh, Wake Co., NC on 12 December 1998 and was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN on 16 December 1998 .^42382,42383

Obituary, The Oak Ridger, Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., TN, Tue., Dec. 15, 1998

Verna Coffey Workman, 93, of Raleigh, N.C., died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, in Raleigh.
Mrs. Workman was the mother of former state representative David L. Coffey of Oak Ridge.
A former resident of Bristol, Va., she was an active member of First Baptist Church of Bristol. She sang in the church choir for more than 40 years and was also active in the church's Sunday school and Women's Missionary Union.

After moving to Raleigh five years ago, Mrs. Workman became an active member of First Baptist Church of Raleigh. She was also a member and former president of the Bristol Music Club, a life member and former president of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs, and an active participant in literary and garden clubs.

Her first husband, Charles W. Coffey, and her second husband, Robert Workman, both died earlier.

In addition to her local son and his wife, Patricia Coffey, Mrs. Workman is survived by two other sons, Dr. C.E. Coffey and his wife, Pamela Coffey, of Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. H.T. Coffey of Carlsbad, Calif.; her daughter, Evelyn C. Barrett and her husband, Bob Barrett, of Cary, N.C.; her brother, William Pardue of Syracuse, N.Y.; a sister-in-law, Marie Pardue of Jacksonville, Fla.; and by 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was to be held at 11 this morning, Dec. 15, at Independence Village in Raleigh with the Rev. Mike Morris officiating.

A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Glenwood Cemetery in Bristol, Tenn., with Dr. Rand Forder officiating.

The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to First Baptist Church, 99 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603; or to First Baptist Church, 1 Virginia St., Bristol, VA 24201.

Brown-Wynne Funeral Homes in Cary is handling arrangements.

Charles Walker Coffey and Verna Lee Pardue had the following children: