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Cora Lee (Coffey) Gragg (1930 - 2013)

Cora Lee Gragg formerly Coffey aka Greer
Born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Wife of — married 2 Jun 1951 in Watauga County, North Carolinamap
Died at age 82 in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Biography

Cora Lee Coffee was born 30 Apr 1930, in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Her parents were William Carlton Coffey (1884–1957) and Bessie Mae Townsend (1890–1956). Cora married John McCoy "Coy" Gragg. CoraGragg passed away 5 Apr 2013 , in Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina.[1][2][3]

Birth

Name: Cora Lee Coffey
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1930
Birth County: Caldwell
Parent1 Name: William C Coffey
Roll number: NCVR_B_C017_66001
Volume: 17
Page: 7[4][5]

Marriage

Name: Cora Lee Coffey
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1930
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1951
Marriage Place: Watauga, North Carolina, USA
Spouse: John McCoy Gragg
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 52
Event Type: Marriage[6][7]

In John Gragg Death Certificate

Name: Cora Lee Coffey Gragg
Gender: Female
Spouse: John Mccoy Gragg[8]

Obit for Corra Gragg:

"Mrs. Cora Lee Greer, age 82, of Lenoir, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care -Lenoir. She was born April 30, 1930 in Watauga County to the late Will and Bessie Townsend Coffey. She was preceded in death by two husbands, John McCoy Gragg and Walter Perry Greer; and one infant daughter.

Mrs. Greer was retired from Kincaid Furniture and was a member of Celia Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, Albert "Bud" Gragg, Billy Joe Gragg and wife Patsy, and Allen Michael Gragg and wife Denise, all of Lenoir; one daughter, Anna Lee Bare and husband Tim of Lenoir; one brother, Abe Coffey and wife Mary of Blowing Rock; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held Monday, April 8, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Aaron Shell and Rev. Richard Shew. Burial will be at White Springs Cemetery in Blowing Rock at a later date.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. one hour prior to the service."

Sources

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=110853781
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGSD-T8H
  3. http://person.ancestry.com/tree/27164739/person/12248426854#12248426854/facts?&_suid=144663399550509373176247127346
  4. Register of Deeds. North Carolina Birth Indexes. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm.
  5. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8783&h=1296672&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525
  6. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8Q2-5L9 : 22 December 2016), John Mccoy Gragg and Cora Lee Coffey, 02 Jun 1951; citing Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, p. 5, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 812,534.
  7. See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-677-3
  8. See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-677-4

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 December 2019), memorial page for Cora Lee Coffey Greer (30 Apr 1930–5 Apr 2013), Find A Grave Memorial no. 110853781, citing White Springs Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by BRADLEY INGELS (contributor 47427212) .





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