Lany Esther, left in the photograph, was the wife of Clayton McDonald (Mack) Coffey. She was born Dec. 13, 1910 in Coffey's Gap, Watauga Co., NC.She and Clayton had eight children:
Bertha May, who married Vencil Aker
Gladys Virginia, born Mar. 31, 1931, married Sherman Eugene Bailey
Nellie Alilene, born May 30, 1932, Caldwell Co., married Floyd Earl Coffey, son of Thomas Leroy and Alice Sanders Coffey
James Edward, born Sep. 13, 1934 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., died Jan. 11, 2004 in Crestview, Okaloosa Co., FL.
Margaret Josephine, born Apr. 26, 1936 in Caldwell Co.*
Clayton McDonald, born/died 1938
Lonnie Ray, born 1941, died 1991, married Arlene Dishner
Steven, born 1959
The young woman on the right is Lany's sister-in-law, Pauline Coffey, daughter of Samuel Monroe and Safari Josephine Dellinger Coffey. She married Otis Bell c1944 and had at least three children: Wayne, Chris and Rhonda.
More information shortly on both families.
Additions and/or corrections appreciated.
*Margaret is my source for the photograph, and a number of others that will soon appear here. She is also my source for much of the Caldwell, Watauga and Avery Co. Coffey information in my files.
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