Eighth Generation

13349. William Lewis Coffey was born on 6 September 1918 in Rockcastle Co., KY. He lived with his parents in Wildie, Rockcastle Co., KY on 21 January 1920. He lived with his parents in Wildie, Rockcastle Co., KY on 3 April 1930. William enlisted in the US Army Air Corps on 17 July 1941 at Fort Thomas, Newport, Campbell Co., KY.^37933,37934 He died on 26 June 1990 at the age of 71 in Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Ottawa Cemetery in Ottawa, Rockcastle Co., KY.^37935,37936

William Lewis Coffey and Ethel Jones were married on 26 May 1944 at Ashland in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY.³⁷⁹³⁷

Wedding Announcement, The Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY, Tue., Jun. 13, 1944, Page 8, Col. 4

Jones-Coffey Wedding Solemnized

The wedding of Miss Ethel Jones, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Ed Jones of Broadhead, and William Lewis Coffey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanford Coffey of Wildo, was solemnized May 26 in the parsonage of the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, with the Rev. Clarence Walker officiating.

The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Roberts.

After a short wedding trip, the couple went to Texas, where the bridegroom is stationed. Ethel Jones, daughter of Henry Ed Jones and Effie F. , was born on 7 May 1919. Ethel died on 2 May 1992 at the age of 72 in Rockcastle Co., KY and was buried at Ottawa Cemetery in Ottawa, Rockcastle Co., KY.^37938,37939

William Lewis Coffey and Ethel Jones had the following children:

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Lewis Edward Coffey was born on 18 August 1945 in Texas. Lewis died in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle Co., KY on 3 January 2014 and was buried at Ottawa Cemetery in Ottawa, Rockcastle Co., KY on 6 January 2014 .37940