Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, T. Linwood , 1977 

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THOMAS LINWOOD COFER 

  Thomas Linwood Cofer, age 68, of Dendron, Va., died Saturday, January 22, 
1977, at Riverside Hospital, Newport News.  He was a life-long farmer of 
Surry County and Deputy Sheriff of Surry County for the past forty years. 
He was a member of Dendron United Methodist Church; an employee of Purviance 
Funeral Home for thirty-five years; Assistant Letter Carrier at Dendron Post 
Office for eight years; Charter member of Blackwater Sportsman Club; member 
of Surry County Ruritan Club; 1975 Citizenship Award and Surry County Man-of-
the-Year.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pauline Johnson Cofer; one 
daughter, Alice Ruth Cofer of Richmond; one son, Malcolm T. Cofer of 
Smithfield; a grandson, Thomas E. Cofer of Smithfield; two brothers, A. Clyde 
Cofer of Dendron and Raymond F. Cofer of Surry; two sisters, Mrs. Will M. 
Holdsworth of Disputana and Mrs. John M. Rogers of Hampton.  Funeral services 
will be held at the Purviance Funeral chapel, Wakefield, Monday, January 24, 
at 2 p.m.  Burial will follow in Waverly Cemetery.  The family suggests that 
memorials may be made to the Surry Rescue Squad or Dendron United Methodist 
Church.


Thomas Linwood COFER, Surry Co. farmer & deputy sheriff, 
b. 2 Feb 1908, Surry Co., d. 22 Jan 1977, Newport News, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 24 Jan 1977, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

Additional information: 

*Find a Grave Mem. #85802669 

His parents, Thomas M. & Alice A. (HOLDSWORTH) COFER, are also buried there. 

His wife's (donated, 1988) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c160p2ob.txt 

His father's (donated, 1969) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c160t2ob.txt 

His mother's (donated, 1947) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c160a2ob.txt 


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