Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Coggin, Parthenia Spivey, 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PARTHENIA SPIVEY COGGIN COLOSSE NEWS Mrs. Pothena [sic; Parthenia] Coggin died August 6 at 5:15 p. m. at her home near here. She had been in feeble health for some time. She was more than 80 years old. She is survived by one sister and three half-sisters and two half- brothers and five children and nine grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who mourn the loss. The funeral services were conducted at her home on Sunday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. J.S. Cobb. The body was laid to rest in Collosse cemetery. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. [...] Parthenia (SPIVEY; Mrs. John) COGGIN, b. 24 Jul 1843*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 6 Aug 1927, at home, near Collosse, interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 7 Aug 1927, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 5, No. 123, Fri., Aug. 12, 1927, p. 3 *Additional information: Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo of her gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #60529476. Her father (ca. 1818 - 1887) & step-mother are also buried there. D.Cert. 18158 (Windsor #8) gives COGGINS; daughter of Benjamin & Nancy (RHODES) SPIVEY. The 1900 Census - Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co. - gives Parthenie, b. Jun 1844; m. 31 years. Rather, John 1m. 1m. Mary Louisa RHODES 20 Dec 1869 in Isle of Wight Co. Louisa d. 7 Jun 1875 in Isle of Wight Co. (D.Reg. #15) John & Parthenia m. 21 Dec 1875 in Isle of Wight Co. Her husband (1840 - 1915) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry. Parthenia applied for a pension in May 1924. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c250p1ob.txt