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Birth	:	30 Oct 1868 Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	23 Mar 1956 Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.3958015, -79.1635971
Plot	:	Sec-XD Lot-117 Spc-3
Description	:	ROCKFISH VALLEY-Francis Marion Coffey, 87, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital, Lynchburg, following a long illness. Mr. Coffey was born Oct. 30, 1868, near Nash, Nelson County, son of the late Andrew J. and Rebecca Campbell Coffey. He married Miss Emma Campbell, also of Nash, and shortly after their marriage they moved into the Beech Grove community here where they resided for some years, going from here to Lynchburg around 50 years ago. His wife died in 1942. Mr. Coffey was proprietor and owner of Westover Grocery, located just outside the Lynchburg College grounds. He... Read More	ROCKFISH VALLEY-Francis Marion Coffey, 87, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital, Lynchburg, following a long illness. Mr. Coffey was born Oct. 30, 1868, near Nash, Nelson County, son of the late Andrew J. and Rebecca Campbell Coffey. He married Miss Emma Campbell, also of Nash, and shortly after their marriage they moved into the Beech Grove community here where they resided for some years, going from here to Lynchburg around 50 years ago. His wife died in 1942. Mr. Coffey was proprietor and owner of Westover Grocery, located just outside the Lynchburg College grounds. He had owned the business for the past 46 years and was known to hundreds of Lynchburg College students who patronized his store through the years. Loved by everyone, he was affectionately known is Lynchburg as "Mayor of West End." He was a member and honorary elder of Memorial Christian Church, Lynchburg, which he helped to found just a few years ago. Two years ago he presented a $4,000 Wurlitzer organ to this church in memory of his wife and brother, the Rev. H. D. Coffey, a minister of the Disciples of Christ Churches for more than 50 years. He also helped found the Euclid Avenue Christian Church, Lynchburg, a few years after moving there. He was a neighborhood leader and a pioneer in his section of the city, having opened his business when most of West Lynchburg was an open field. Mr. Coffey was a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Woodmen of the World, the Retail Merchants' Association and the Quality Foods Association. Survivors include two adopted daughters, Mrs. Christie C. Patterson and Mrs. Gladys C. Roach, both of Lynchburg, and one adopted son, Shelby Hopwood Coffey, who is the youngest child of the late Rev. H. D. Coffey; one brother, Charlie C. Coffey, Lynchburg; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Meredith and Mrs. Cleveland G. Campbell, both of Lynchburg; also three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Christian Church, conducted by the following ministers: the Rev. J. T. Watson, pastor of Perkins Park Christian Church; the Rev. R. N. Redford, pastor of First Christian Church; the Rev. Ross Terrell, pastor of Euclid Christian Church, all of Lynchburg; and the Rev. Clarence Smoot, pastor of the Graham Christian Church, Bluefield, Va., who was the first pastor of Memorial Christian Church. Mrs. Evelyn Byrd was the organist. Interment was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg. Pallbearers were Marion Roach, Kenneth Roach, Gene Earl Wells, Wilson Meredith, Larry Allen and Charles Thornburg. Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: March 26, 1956

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Francis Marion Coffey death on 23 Mar 1956 in Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
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Family Members:

Parent

Andrew Jackson Coffey

(1835 - 1911)

Rebecca Campbell Coffey

(1840 - 1926)

Spouse

Emma D Campbell Coffey

(1874 - 1942)

Siblings

Rev Henry Davis “Parson” Coffey

(1861 - 1947)

Minnie E. Coffy Campbell

(1866 - 1903)

Mary M Coffey Campbell

(1871 - 1893)

Edgar Rutledge Coffey Sr.

(1873 - 1949)

Charles Custer Coffey

(1876 - 1958)

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