Seventh Generation

4855. Beeler Ester Coffey was born on 27 May 1890 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Oak Grove, Washington Co., VA.¹⁵⁴⁰⁷ He appeared in the census on 19 April 1930 in Goodson, Washington Co., VA.¹⁵⁴⁰⁸ He appeared in the census on 13 May 1940 in Goodson, Washington Co., VA.¹⁵⁴⁰⁹ Beeler died on 10 February 1965 at the age of 74 at Kings Mountain Nursing Home in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA and was buried at Ordway Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN.^{15410,15411,15412,15413}

Obituary, Bristol Herald Courier, Friday, February 12, 1965

B. E. Coffey

B. E. Coffey, 74, Bristol, died Wednesday morning at Kings Mountain Nursing Home after a long illness.

Mr. Coffey was a lifelong resident of the Bristol area and a former employee of Wheel and Car Corporation.

He was a member of North Bristol Baptist Church.

Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Edwin Brookshire, Boone, N.C., Mrs. Eugene McDade, Lenoir, N.C., Mrs. Louis Phipps, Bristol, Mrs. Marvin Smith, Ocala, Fla., Mrs. Roy Bass, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Edgar Smith, Bristol; one son, Beeler T. Coffey, Jr., [sic] Little Rock, Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Josee Sherfey, Blountville, and Mrs. Bertie Standsberry, Elizabethton; two brothers, Charles Coffey, Kingsport, and Ellis Coffey, Boone, N. C.; 12 grand-children and six great-grand children.

Weaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral Notices - same source

Coffey - Funeral services for B. E. Coffey will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Weaver Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Lethicoe and Rev. Joe Hodgson officiating. Burial will be in Ordway Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ray Sherfey, Charles Sherfey, Charles Cross, Jack Phipps, James Roberts, Paul Brookshire, Allen Cross and Fred Thompson. Body will remain at the funeral home.

Beeler Ester Coffey and Sallie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross¹⁵⁴¹⁴ were married on 24 November 1912 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA.¹⁵⁴¹⁵ They^{¹⁵⁴¹⁵} appeared in the census on 27 January 1920 in Goodson, Washington Co., VA.¹⁵⁴¹⁶ Sallie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross, daughter of Henry Howell Cross and Mary Jane Sherfey, was born on 24 June 1897 in Sullivan Co., TN. She lived with her parents in Sullivan Co., TN on 25 June 1900. She lived with her paternal grandparents in Sullivan Co., TN on 18 April 1910. Sallie died of pneumonia on 28 January 1929 at the age of 31 at King's Mountain Memorial Hospital in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA and was buried at Ordway Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN.^15417,15418

Mrs. B.E. Coffee

Mrs. B.E. Coffee, aged 31, of Three Springs died at the King's Mountain Memorial Hospital yesterday morning at five o'clock of pneumonia. She is survived by eight children, Edith, Ina, Ester, Edna, Lorane, Mary, Jane, and Baylor, Jr.; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Cross; two brothers, J.D. Cross and W.R. Cross; and two sisters, Mrs. Will Thompson and Miss Fannie Cross. Before her marriage she was Miss Sallie Elizabeth Cross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cross of Bristol.

Funeral services were conducted this morning at eleven o'clock from the home at Three Springs. Rev. R.L. Peoples was in charge. Interment followed in the Ordway Cemetery. Pall bearers will be D.O. Pettyjohn, Dewey Brooks, William Sauls, Joe Shankle, Dewey Pettyjohn, and Clyde Robins.

Flower bearers will be: Mrs. Hurt, Mrs. Walter Hurt, Mrs. W.F. Hartsock, Miss Leona Pettyjohn, Miss Lillie Mae Keith, and Miss Geraldine Brooks.

Beeler Ester Coffey and Sallie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross had the following children:

+10484	i.	Edith Mattie Lucille Coffey.
+10485	ii.	Ina Lee Coffey.
+10486	iii.	Ester Elizabeth "Betty" Coffey.
+10487	iv.	Edna Dorothy Bell Coffey.
+10488	v.	Erma Lorena "Babe" Coffey.
+10489	vi.	Mary Emma Jean Coffey.
+10490	vii.	Beeler Thomas "June" Coffey.
10491	viii.	Margaret Leona Coffey was born on 28 November 1927 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA. Margaret died on 3 October 1929 at the age of 1 in Bristol, Bristol (city), VA and was buried at Ordway Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN.¹⁵⁴¹⁹