Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, September 21, 1993 TAG: 9309200170
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BUCHANAN LENGTH: Short
OBIT COFFEY, DR. EVERETT L.
COFFEY, Dr. Everett L., 72, of Route 2, Buchanan, died Saturday, September
18, 1993. Dr. Coffey was in the European Theatre during World War II as Second
Lieutenant and was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart Medals. He
received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1948, a Doctor of Medicine in 1950 and
the American Board of Family Practice Diplomate in 1970. He practiced medicine
in Buchanan from 1951 to 1988 and was a Medical Examiner for Botetourt County
for many years. He was a loving husband, father and friend. He is survived by
his wife, Janice Mundy Coffey; one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lee Coffey
and Logan Doughty of Roanoke; one son, Clifton Lee Coffey of Vinton; three
sisters, Edith Hobson and husband, Clinton Hobson of East Bend, N.C., Janice
Holdway and husband, James Holdway of Stone Mountain, Ga. and Edwina McKenny
of Lake City, Iowa; three brothers, Lynn A. Coffey and wife, Hazel of
Burlington, N.C., Dr. Lewis G. Coffey and wife, Ann of Rocky Mount and Dr.
Kyle W. Coffey and wife, Evelyn of Issaquan, Wash.; a number of nieces and
nephews. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel 11:30
a.m. Tuesday, September 21, with the Rev. Carlton T. Mitchell officiating.
Burial will be in Wheatland Lutheran Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to the Scholarship Fund of James River High School.
Friends may call Oakey's North Chapel where the family will receive friends
from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
by CNB