Eighth Generation

10000. Walter Lee Coffey was born on 7 March 1891 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Rockbridge Co., VA.²⁹⁸¹⁷ Walter resided with his parent and was a widower. in Rockbridge Co., VA on 8 April 1930. Walter died in Virginia on 19 October 1966 and was buried at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisonburg, VA in October 1966 .²⁹⁸¹⁸

Obituary, Harrisonburg Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Oct. 22, 1966

The funeral for Walter Lee Coffey, 75, of Grottoes will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Grottoes by the Rev Temple S. Collins and the Rev Lewis Zbinden. Burial will be in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Coffey, a retired Norfolk and Western employee, died Wednesday at his home.

Walter Lee Coffey and Mary Louise Pryor were married on 20 June 1931 in Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co., VA.²⁹⁸¹⁹ They^{²⁹⁸¹⁹} appeared in the census on 9 April 1940 at Stonewall Dist. in Grottoes, Rockingham Co., VA.²⁹⁸²⁰ Mary Louise Pryor, daughter of S. O. Pryor and Lillie E. Carter, was born in 1907 in Amherst Co., VA. Mary died in Virginia on 3 September 1992 and was buried at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisonburg, VA in September 1992 .²⁹⁸²¹

Walter Lee Coffey and Mary Louise Pryor had the following children:

+17053	i.	Willie Lee Coffey.
17054	ii.	Barbara Ann Coffey was born on 12 November 1933 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA. Barbara died in Virginia on 9 October 1999 and was buried at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Rockingham Co., VA in October 1999 .^29822,29823 Obituary, The Herald News, West Paterson, NJ, Sun., Oct. 10, 1999 RUTHERFORD -- Barbara Ann Coffey died Saturday. Born in Buena Vista, Va., she moved here in 1948. Ms. Coffey worked as a corporate secretary for Curtis Wright, Lyndhurst for 48 years. She was a volunteer for the William Carlos Williams Center. Surviving are three brothers, Walter O. of Bridgewater, Va., Eddie R. of Grottoes, Va., and Donald W. of Harrisonburg, Va.; and two sisters, Willie Lee Gianfrancesco of Rutherford and Martha Stout of Weyers Cave, Va. Collins Calhoun Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave., is in charge of arrangements.
+17055	iii.	Living.
+17056	iv.	Living.