Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, Margaret S. Parker, 1929 

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MARGARET SARAH PARKER COFER 

MRS. CARSON P. COFER DIES AT HOME HERE 

  Mrs. Carson P. Cofer, widow of the late C.P. Cofer, of Isle of Wight County, 
near Smithfield, died at her home on Tuesday night.  Mrs. Cofer was about 88 
years old, at the time of her death.

  Funeral services will be held this Thursday morning at 11 o'clock from 
Trinity Methodist Church, with Dr. T. McN. Simpson officiating.  Burial will 
be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.  The board of Stewards of Trinity Methodist Church 
will serve as pallbearers, and Susanah Wesley Bible Class of which she was 
long a member, will attend the funeral in a body.


Margaret Sarah (PARKER; Mrs. Carson P.) COFER, 
b. 10 Jul 1844, Isle of Wight Co., d. 6 Feb 1929, at home, near Smithfield, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 7 Feb 1929, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 8, No. 33, Feb. 7, 1929 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

She shares a gravestone with her husband (10 May 1844 - 18 Sep 1915).  He is 
   marked as a Confederate veteran, but he does not appear on any IoW.Co. 
   rosters, nor were he or Margaret pensioners.  His bro Nathan P. COFER 
   served in the Smithfield Light Artillery Blues (A/19th Va. Art'y) was 
   wounded late in the war. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. (#5573 {Newport #12}). 

Her father is likely identical with the Wm.H. PARKER (1820-1861) buried in 
   Old Saint Luke's Cemetery - IWCHS GSSTF #17. 

Her mother Sarah Ann (EVERETT) PARKER appears widowed in the 1870 & '80 Census.
   (Newport Dist. & Smithfield, respectively) 


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