Eighth Generation

10931. Della Kattie Coffey was born on 29 September 1917 in Burke Co., NC. Della died in Granite Falls, Caldwell Co., NC on 17 October 2001 and was buried at³¹⁹⁷² Conways Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in October 2001 .^31973,31974

MORGANTON - Della Coffey Clarke, 84, of Hartland Road,died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at Camelot Manor Nursing Care.

Born Sept. 29, 1917, in Burke County, she was a daughter to the late Henry and Virginia Jenny Branch Coffey. She was a homemaker and a member of Conway Chapel Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded death by her husband, John M. Clarke; a son, Mason David Clarke; three brothers, Lawrence, Les and Carl Coffey; two sisters, Vera Powell and Ellie Clarke; and a grandson, Ricky Greene.

Surviving are three sons, James Clarke, Max Clarke and Johnny Clarke, all of Morganton; two daughters, Barbara Greene of Morganton and Bonnie Coleman of Cleveland, Tenn.; a brother, John Coffey of Morganton; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Rodney Raby officiating. Interment will follow in Conway Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers will be Johnathan Clarke, Matthew Clarke, Chris Richardson, Tom Martin, Rodney Clarke and Ronnie Suttles.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home in Lenoir is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Della Kattie Coffey and John Mathew Clarke were married circa 1938 in North Carolina. John Mathew Clarke, son of George W. Clarke and Geneva McCall, was born on 24 August 1915 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC. John died at Grace Hospital in Morganton, Burke Co., NC on 8 May 1979 of a myocardial infarction and was buried at Conways Chapel Baptist Church in Morganton, Burke Co., NC on 11 May 1979 .^{31975,31976,31977}

Della Kattie Coffey and John Mathew Clarke had the following children:

17706	i.	Living was born in 1936 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC. Living died in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in 1936.³¹⁹⁷⁸
17707	ii.	Catherine Clarke was born on 27 May 1940 in North Carolina. Catherine died in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 15 June 1940 and was buried at Flemings Chapel in Johns River. Caldwell Co., then Burke Co., NC on 15 June 1940 .³¹⁹⁷⁹
17708	iii.	Living was born in 1944 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³¹⁹⁸⁰
17709	iv.	Living was born in 1946 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³¹⁹⁸¹
17710	v.	Living was born in 1948 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³¹⁹⁸²
17711	vi.	Living was born in 1953 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.³¹⁹⁸³
17712	vii.	Mason David Clarke was born on 21 November 1956 in Caldwell Co., NC. Mason died at Grace Hospital in Morganton, Burke Co., NC on 1 November 1986 of head injuries in a head-on collision with anothr vehicle and was buried at Conways Chapel Baptist Church in Morganton, Burke Co., NC on 3 November 1986 .^{31984,31985,31986}