Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #381 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary November 30, 1939 & March 27-31, 1940
Deceased Person William H. Coffey, Jr.
Birth 8/10/1890 in Salisbury, Md.
Death October 1939 in Stevensville, Md.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Moved with parents to Providence, R. I & joined M.E. Church there. Served Camphor Memorial Church in Philadelphia, Pa. as local preacher. Full member of Delaware Conference in 1930. Charges served: Dover Circuit, Del.; Galena, Md; Chestertown, Md; South Berlin, Md.; Stevensville, Md.
Family and Other Information Parents: Rev. William H. Coffey;, D. D. & Mrs. W. H. Coffey Spouse: Adah A. Williams md. 1917 in Shiloh Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Surviving him: brothers Rev. Gilbert Coffey of A.M.E. Zion Church, Franklin Va. & Edward Coffey of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Sisters: Mrs. Lucinda French, Mrs. Dora Ward, Mrs. Gertrude Burrel of Brooklyn, N. Y. & rs. Tyler of Washington, D.C., uncles: Rev. J. R. Waters, D.D. & Rev. W. E. Waters.
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