Ninth Generation


18979. Judy Ann Coffey was born on 27 March 1949 in Avery Co., NC.46305 Judy died at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 27 February 2018 and was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 3 March 2018 .46306

Judy Ann Coffey Phillips, age 68, of Lenoir, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care-Lenoir.  She was born March 27, 1949 in Avery County to the late Cuba M. and Elsie Suddreth Coffey.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Mabel Coffey and Sarah Jean Coffey; and one brother, Jim Coffey.

Judy graduated from Gamewell-Collettsville High School, retired from Bernhardt Furniture, and was a member of Edgemont Baptist Church.  She had a big heart, loved fiercely, and shared that love and kindness with everyone.  She was very talented and created works of art with her knitting, crocheting, quilting, painting, gardening, cooking, canning, and so much more.  She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, who will be greatly missed by all who love her.


Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Carroll Phillips, of the home; two daughters, Donna Johnson and husband Chris, and Amy Phillips and husband Lee Miller, all of Hickory; one brother, Richard “Dick” Coffey and wife Dale of Florida; two sisters, Mary Brantley of Florida, and Nell Penley of Lenoir; and two grandchildren, Mara Johnson and Masha Johnson.  

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Preacher Billy Mitchell.  Interment will immediately follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens of Lenoir.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Johnson, Lee Miller, David Spears, Ken James, John Friesland, and Dwayne Spears.

Online condolences may be left at www.greer-mcelveenfuneralhome.com. Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting the Phillips family.

A living couple was married in 1966 in Caldwell Co., NC.46307 Living (private).

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