Eighth Generation


10616. George Franklin Coffey was born on 28 October 1884 in Watauga Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Watauga Co., NC.31224 George died of an intestinal obstruction on 10 December 1941 at the age of 57 at Hickory Memorial Hospital in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and was buried at Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 12 December 1941.31225,31226,31227,31228

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Sun., Dec. 14, 1941, Page 47

George F. Coffey

Hickory, Dec. 13. - Funeral service for George Franklin Coffey, 57, of Hickory, was held in Blowing Rock at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at Reformed and Evangelical church there, with burial in the church cemetery.

A short funeral service was held here at the residence at 11 o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Coffey, who died here Wednesday after a short illness, was a native of Watauga county.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, one brother and six sisters.

George Franklin Coffey and Mary Emma Greene were married on 23 April 1905 in Watauga Co., NC.19410,31229 They19410,31229 appeared in the census on 15 April 1910 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.31230 They31230 appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.31231 George and Mary31231 appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.31232 They31232 appeared in the census on 19 April 1940 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.31233

Obvious errors in this family. Some of the children have birthdates when their parents were 3-4 years old. Mary Emma Greene, daughter of Joel H. Greene and Martha Elrod, was born on 25 February 1883 in North Carolina. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 10 October 1967 at the age of 84 at Richard Baker Hospital in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC. Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 12 October 1967 .31234,31235

George Franklin Coffey and Mary Emma Greene had the following children:

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Arnold Justin "Cap" Coffey.

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William Franklin Coffey.
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