Eighth Generation

10075. Erskine Hop Coffey was born on 20 April 1924 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Erskine died on 25 March 2004 at the age of 79 at home in Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Old Providence ARP Church Cemetery in Spottswood, Augusta Co., VA.

Obituary, The Daily News Leader, Staunton, VA Mar. 27, 2004

STAUNTON -- Erskine Hop Coffey Sr., of 98 Lorway Farm Lane, died Thursday (March 25, 2004) at his home. He was born April 20, 1924, at Montebello, to Massey Franklin and Sadie (Campbell) Coffey. He owned and operated E.H. Coffey Inc.

Mr. Coffey was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Karene Yvonne (Taylor) Coffey. Survivors include two sons, Roger Dale Coffey of Woodstock and Erskine H. Coffey Jr. of Bentonville; a daughter, DeJuana Smelser of Missouri; two stepdaughters, Debbie Brown of Stuarts Draft and Teresa Cash of Staunton; a brother, Davis Coffey of Orange; and a sister, Lorraine Fitzgerald of Waynesboro.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Old Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 this evening at Henry Funeral Home.

Erskine Hop Coffey and Clara Ethel Campbell were married on 7 February 1944 in Augusta Co., VA. They were separated in March 1973 in Virginia and were divorced 5 December 1975 in Warren Co., VA.³⁰⁰³⁸ Clara Ethel Campbell, daughter of William B. Campbell and Lena B. Bryant, was born on 7 February 1923 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.

Erskine Hop Coffey and Clara Ethel Campbell had the following children:

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Roger Dale Coffey was born on 3 January 1947 in Front Royal, Warren Co., VA. Roger died in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV on 9 April 2012. His burial place was not revealed in the obituary.³⁰⁰³⁹

Obituary, Northern Virginia Daily, Apr. 12, 2012

Roger Dale Coffey, 65, of Edinburg, died Monday, April 9, 2012 at the VA Hospital in Martinsburg.

Roger was born January 3, 1947 in Front Royal, the son of Ethel Campbell Coffey and the late Erskine H. Coffey, Sr.

He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a construction operator.

Roger is survived by daughters, Lisa Ramey, Edinburg, Shelly Harley, Strasburg; sons, Chris Riga, Florida, and Bryan Coffey, Edinburg; sister, Dejuana Smelser, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by brothers, Reginald Don Coffey and Erskine H. Coffey, Jr.

Services are private.

Valley Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to Edinburg VFW Post 2447.

Thoughts, concerns and remembrances to http://www.valleyfs.com

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Reginald Don Coffey was born on 22 June 1954 in Nelson Co., VA. Reginald died in Nelson Co., VA on 29 June 1954 and was buried at Mount Paran Baptist Church Cemetery in Montebello, Nelson Co., VA in June 1954 .³⁰⁰⁴⁰

Erskine Hop Coffey and Karene Yvonne Taylor were married. Karene Yvonne Taylor was born on 8 August 1937. Karene died on 28 October 2001 at the age of 64 in Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Old Providence ARP Church Cemetery in Spottswood, Augusta Co., VA.³⁰⁰⁴¹