Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, E. Clarice Matthews, 1986 

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ELTON CLARICE MATTHEWS COFER 

MRS. CLARICE M. COFER 

  DENDRON - Mrs. Clarice Matthews Cofer, 79, died Saturday in Richmond 
Memorial Hospital. 

  She was born in Dendron and was a lifelong resident. 

  She retired as a sales clerk. 

  She was a member of Dendron Christian Church. 

  Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. R.A. Ligon and Mrs. J.T. Debrito, 
both of Richmond, and Mrs. K.W. Shaw of Matthews, N.C.; and a grandchild.

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Purviance Funeral Home 
Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. R.E. Brittle. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County. 

  The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. 

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ELTON CLARICE MATTHEWS COFER 

  Clarice Matthews Cofer, 79, of Dendron, died Saturday, May 3, 1986, in a 
Richmond hospital. 

  Mrs. Cofer, a lifelong resident of Surry County, was the widow of Roy Cofer. 
She was a member of Dendron Christian Church. 

  Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. R.A. Ligon and Mrs. J.T. DeBrito, both 
of Richmond, and Mrs. K.W. Shaw of Matthews, N.C.; a daughter-in-law, Bettie 
J. Cofer, of Dendron; and a granddaughter, Connie D. Cofer of Dendron. 

  The funeral was conducted Monday, May 5, in Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield, by Dr. R.E. Brittle. 

  Burial was in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County. 


Elton Clarice (MATTHEWS; Mrs. Rob Roy) COFER, of Dendron, retired sales clerk, 
b. 28 Feb 1908, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 3 May 1986, Richmond, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 7*), Surry Co., 
   5 May 1986, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), May 4, 1986, p. 52; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

Her parents, James Raleigh & Hannah Adeline "Addie" (HOLDSWORTH) MATTHEWS, 
   are buried in the same plot. 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137141219. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 86-016552, which gives her father as 
   Raleigh MATTHEWS. 

Her huband (1909 - 1971) is buried with his parents, Thomas Malcolm & 
   Alice Arelia (HOLDSWORTH) MATTHEWS, in Waverly Cemetery. 

Her mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Dec. 15, 1961, p. 42) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/m320a3ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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