Obituary:  Ralph C. Coffey, 2001
Source:  The News Leader
Contributor:  Carol Harlow [charlow1@ntelos.net]
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  Ralph C. Coffey, 87, of 948 S. Delphine Ave., died Tuesday morning (June 26, 
2001) at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville. 
  He was born Jan. 31, 1914, in Nelson County, son of the late Adolphus and Iola 
Hatter Coffey.
  Mr. Coffey was a member of the Blue Ridge Church of Christ where he was an 
honorary elder and had been a former member of First Christian Church for 57 
years where he served as elder, deacon, Sunday school superintendent and teacher.
  He was retired from Augusta Cleaners, where he was a route driver.
  He was a disabled veteran, having served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Carrie 
F. Coffey, in 1983; five brothers; and one sister.
  Survivors include his wife, Louise Coffey Coffey; one son, Dennie Coffey and 
his wife, Bonnie, of Richmond; two stepsons, Charles L. Coffey and his wife, Nancy, 
of Waynesboro, and Donald R. Coffey of Waynesboro; one daughter, Marvine C. Leitch 
and her husband, Ronald, of Richmond; one stepdaughter, Sherry Bowman and her 
husband, Lee, of Waynesboro; three sisters, Lillian Proffitt, Rubye Mason and 
Gertrude Coffey; all of Alexandria; six grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren;
Four great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
  A service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Waynesboro chapel of Reynolds 
Funeral Service by Pastor Todd Brown with burial following at Riverview Cemetery.  
Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by Stuarts Draft Veterans of 
Foreign War Post 9339.
  Active pallbearers will be Ronnie Leitch, David Soudjian, Sonny Burton, Eric 
Yates, Lee Bowman and David Wood.
  Honorary pallbearers will be Wilson Coffey, Frannie Thompson, Lee Coffey and 
Jeff Woodie.
  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Reynolds Funeral 
Service of Waynesboro.


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