Surry-Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, Thomas M., 1969 

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THOMAS MALCOLM COFER 

  Thomas Malcolm Cofer, 93, of near Dendron, died Friday, Jan. 10, at a 
Petersburg nursing home after a long illness.  He was the son of A. Junius and 
Devilla Cofer.  He was the oldest member of Carsley Methodist Church and had 
been its superintendent for 37 years.  He was a retired Surry County farmer 
and had served on the Surry County School Board for 28 years.

  The husband of the late Alice Holdsworth Cofer, he is survived by five sons; 
A. Clyde Cofer; T. Linwood Cofer, R. Roy Cofer and Wilson Cofer, all of 
Dendron Community, and Raymond F. Cofer of Surry; two daughters: Mrs. Annie C. 
Rogers of Newport News, and Mrs. Margaret C. Holdsworth of Disputanta; 11 
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services were held at Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, Sunday 
Jan. 12, at 2 p.m.  Burial was in Waverly Cemetery with the Rev. Ashton Archer 
and the Rev. R.B. Moore officiating.

  Grandsons served as pallbearers.


Thomas Malcolm COFER, of near Dendron, retired farmer, 
b. 28 Feb 1875, Isle of Wight Co., d. 10 Jan 1969, Petersburg, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 12 Jan 1969, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

Additional information: 

*Find a Grave Mem. #85802081 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 69-001197. 

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


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