James David Coffindaffer (1940 - 2015)

Ancestors

Biography

James David "Jim" Coffindaffer was born in Kincheloe, West Virginia on August 24, 1940 to Charles Coffindaffer and Virginia Board. He was the second of four children, all sons, born to the couple.

Jim, as her preferred to be known, was initially raised on his paternal gransparents' farm on Kincheloe Road. By 1950, the family moved to Grant Township, West Virginia. By 1960, the family was living in Jane Lew, West Virginia.

On July 23, 1960 Jim married Sandra Wamsley in a Methodist ceremony in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The couple had at least four children, including a premature infant son who died shortly after his birth in 1968.

Jim later married Barbara Welch sometime in 1977 or 1978. He was a truck driver and dock worker for Yellow Motor Freight and Cook Motor Lines. He was a member of the Teamsters Union and North Charleston Apostolic Church, where he volunteered his services to help those in need. He also volunteered his services at CAMC Memorial Hospital.

Jim died at the Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, West Virginia on September 5, 2015. He was 75 years old. He is buried in Lost Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery in Lost Creek, West Virginia.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVKH-F1MM : 30 January 2020), James David Coffindaffer, 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F3Y-9R3J : Wed Oct 04 22:50:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Lawrence H Green and Mabel Green, 5 April 1950.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR65-YXH : 11 February 2018), James David Coffindaffer and Sandra Sue Wamsley, 23 Jul 1960; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 79 p 334, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,312.
• "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGL-M6XK : Fri Oct 06 07:21:20 UTC 2023), Entry for James David Coffindaffer and Charles Lee Coffindaffer, 23 July 1960.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1GV-MML : 11 February 2018), James D. Coffindaffer in entry for James Nelson Coffindaffer, 24 Jan 1968; citing Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, v 25 p 42C, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,181.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1RF-V4F : 7 December 2018), James D. Coffindaffer in entry for James Nelson Coffindaffer, 24 Jan 1968; citing Harrison, West Virginia, County Records, 3767, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,238.
• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK98-7RMD : Sun Oct 15 17:04:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Lee Elliott and Richard Lee Elliott, 11 Jun 1988.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q219-WJ3D : 21 July 2020), Jim, 2015; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.