Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 6, 1993 TAG: 9305060446
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE LENGTH: Short
OBIT COFFEY, CHARLES WARD
COFFEY, Charles Ward, 65, of Smith Mountain Lake, died Monday, May 3, 1993.
Charles was born in Lynchburg, Va., July 17, 1927, the son of Ward B. and Edna
Breeden Coffey. He was a graduate of E.C. Glass high school, attended
Lynchburg College and graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Mechanical
Engineering and also did graduate work at Penn State. He retired from the
General Motors plant in Wilmington, Del. in 1985 with 35 years service.
Surviving are his wife, Jacqueline Kelly Coffey; a daughter, Susan Rahman,
Seattle, Wash.; a son, Charles (Chip) Coffey and wife, Roberta, Vancouver,
Wash.; his stepchildren, George H. Snyder, Lexington, Ky.; Brandon Jay Snyder,
Merril Cary Snyder, both of Orlando, Fla., Kelly C. Snyder, Scottsdale, Ariz.;
his mother, Edna Breeden Coffey, Bedford; a sister, Anne Miles, Bedford; also
four grandchildren, Daniel A., Lindsay E., Alissa A. and Laura C. Coffey. A
memorial service will be held at Bedford Presbyterian Church Thursday, May 6,
11 a.m. with Dr. Richard Boyce officiating. A committal service will be held
at a later date at Memorial Park in Zanesville, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests memorials to the American Lung Association in his memory.
Oakey's Roanoke Chapel is handling arrangements.
by CNB