Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, Andrew W., 1940 

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ANDREW COFER 

Smithfield - Funeral services for Andrew Cofer, 58-year old Smithfield 
automobile dealer and prominent in business here for many years who died 
unexpectedly at the Sykes Hotel Friday after a one-day illness, will be 
held at 3 o'clock Sunday.

   Found on the floor of his room, Mr. Cofer died without regaining 
consciousness. 

   The funeral procession will leave the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. Hugh Warren 
on Main Street Sunday afternoon with services following at 3 p.m. in Ivy Hill 
Cemetery. 

   Surviving are four brothers, N.E. Cofer of Newport News, C.J., Russell and 
John W. Cofer, all of Isle of Wight County, and one sister, Mrs. Elmo Batten 
of Smithfield.

   His wife, the former Miss Laura Bell Jones of Smithfield died in 1915 and 
a brother, Benjamin of Newport News, died suddenly July 26.

   Cofer attended the public school of Isle of Wight and began business as 
a Smithfield grocer in 1912.  Subsequently he was engaged in the hardware 
business before beginning the operation of an automobile agency in 1923.

   He had been a deacon of the Smithfield Baptist Church for many years.  He 
was a charter member of the Rotary Club, but had resigned. 

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ANDREW COFER 

A. COFER FUNERAL HELD SUN. 

  Funeral services were held at 3 Sunday afternoon at the graveside in Ivy 
Hill cemetery for Andrew Cofer, 58, prominent Smithfield business man for many 
years, who died at the Sykes hotel in Smithfield at 4 Friday afternoon after 
being ill one day.  The procession left the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. Hugh 
Warren, Main Street, Smithfield.

  Mr. Cofer was found unconscious on the floor of his room Friday morning and 
died without regaining consciousness.  He had apparently been in good health 
until his sudden illness.

  Active pallbearers were P.L. Cofer, W.R. Cofer, and E.P. Cofer, all nephews 
of the deceased.  The honorary escort was comprised of other friends of the 
family.

  Mr. Cofer was the son of the late John Randolph and Rebecca Bell Cofer and 
was born October 12, 1881.  After attending the public schools of Isle of 
Wight County, he began his business career as a grocer in Smithfield in 1912. 
He later engaged in the hardware business, and since 1923 had operated an 
automobile agency.

  He was a charter member of the Rotary Club, but later resigned; and was a 
member of the Smithfield Baptist church, of which he had been a deacon for 
many years.

  He married Miss Laura Bell Jones of Smithfield October 7, 1907 and she died 
June 29, 1915. He was a brother Benjamin Cofer of Newport News, who died 
suddenly July 26.

  Surviving are four brothers, N.E. Cofer of Newport News; C.J. Russell and 
John W. Cofer, of Isle of Wight County; and one sister Mrs. Elmo Batten, of 
Smithfield.


Andrew W. COFER, Smithfield businessman, 
b. 12 Oct 1881, Isle of Wight Co., d. 9 Aug 1940, Smithfield, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Aug. 11, 1940; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 21, No. 20, Aug. 15, 1940 

*Unmarked? Not on the cemetery list. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Additional information:

Andrew Cofer, 26, single, b. IoW, sn/o John R. & Rebecca Cofer, 
m. 5 Oct 1908, in Isle of Wight Co., 
Laura Bell Jones, 20, single, b. IoW, dt/o William Y. & Nancy Jones 
(source: FamilySearch.org "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940") 


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