Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, Myrtle L. Holt, 1963 

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MYRTLE LEE HOLT COFER 

SERVICES FRIDAY FOR MRS. COFER 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Myrtle Lee Holt Cofer, 26, died Wednesday in a Richmond 
hospital after an illness of seven months.

  A life-long resident of Sussex County, she was a daughter of O.L. and Myrtle 
Betts Holt.  She was a member of Dendron Methodist Church.  Mrs. Cofer was a 
charter member and first president of the Wakefield Junior Woman’s Club.

  In addition to her parents, survivors are her husband, Kenneth D. [sic; B.*] 
Cofer; a daughter, Miss Deborah Cofer; a son, Thomas Cofer, all of Wakefield; 
and two sisters, Mrs. E.C. Vaughan of Richmond and Mrs. Edward Dunbar of 
Roanoke.

  Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Purviance Funeral 
Chapel in Wakefield.  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.


Myrtle Lee (HOLT; Mrs. Kenneth Baird) COFER, 
b. 7 Nov 1936, Sussex Co., d. 4 Sep 1963, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Sep 1963, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 5, 1963, p. 40 

*Additional information: 

Her parents, Oscar Lee & Myrtle Juanita (BETTS) HOLT, and paternal 
   grandparents, are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Daily Press," May 22, 1997, p. 28) is postd at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h430m4ob.txt 

D.Cert. 25221 (Richmond #3157) also gives wife of Kenneth D. 

Kenneth Baird COFER 2m. Barbara Kathleen SPICER 25 Sep 1967 in Richmond; 
   they div. in 1984.  He is buried with his parents in Waverly Cemetery. 


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