Obituary:  John Emmett Coffey
Source:  Staunton Newspape, he died 5 Nov 1942
Contributor:  Wayne Coffey <wcoffey@mindspring.com>
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   John Emmett Coffey, sixty-five, died at eleven o’clock Thursday morning 
following a three hours illness.  Mr. Coffey had gone to his work at the 
State highway camp near Greenville and suffered a stroke shortly after 
arriving.  He was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Yowell, 
where he died.
   Mr. Coffey was born in Augusta county May 9, 1877 and was the son of 
Peter V. and Betty Kennedy Coffey.  He spent his entire life in the county, 
and for thirteen years was connected with the County Highway department, 
after which he went with the State Highway department.
   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Melissa Coffey; two daughter, Miss Inez 
Elizabeth Coffey, of Stuarts Draft; Mrs. W. C. Yowell, of Greenville; one 
son, Rudolph W. Coffey at home; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. M. E. 
Elliott, of Staunton, Mrs. R. H. Black, of Stuarts Draft; two brothers, 
Russell E. Coffey, of Bluefield, W. Va., and the Rev. Dr. Harry S. Coffey, 
of Danville, Va.

Funeral Saturday
   The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at three o’clock from the 
Mint Spring Methodist church of which he was a member, conducted by the 
pastor, the Rev. Z. V. Johnson.  Burial will be in Calvary church cemetery.
   Active pallbearers will be W. P. Jennings, L. A. Campbell, Roy Glenn, 
P. G. Nuchols, Wallace Rosen, Charles Tyree, William Chandler, Walter 
Carrier, Ernest Coiner, and W. H. Agnor.  Honorary pallbearers will be 
Russell Swisher, Roy Kesterson, Lewis Arehart, Mr. Proffitt, William Ramsey, 
W. L. Helmick, Wallace Hayes, Herman Coyner, W. H. Roadcap, Bedford Curry, 
A. Miller, Stuart Benson, Frank Glenn, Dr. W. C. Roller, E. J. Eavers and 
Mr. Cummings.


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