Obituary of Beulah M. Coffey

Mrs. Beulah Mae Coffey, age 85, of Ransom Street, Blowing Rock, died Tuesday evening, July 14, 2009 at home. Born in Watauga County March 10, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Merritt and Sue Childs Coffey. Mrs. Coffey was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blowing Rock where she served as a Sunday School Teacher and a member of the WMU in her earlier years. She was a devoted loving wife and mother who will never be forgotten. Beulah was a spiritual and compassionate friend to all, and loved doing things for others. She was a kind gentle soul who loved flowers and all living creatures and never met a stranger. Mrs. Coffey was a homemaker, and also worked for the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Blowing Rock, and served as a voter Registrar for the town. Surviving are: one daughter; Judith C. Wesson of Blowing Rock, one son; Joe David Coffey and wife Cathy of Snowmass Village, Colorado, two grandsons; Michael Jason Wesson and wife Katrina of Durham, and Samuel Ryan Coffey of Snowmass Village, Colorado, one granddaughter; Joanna Haley Coffey of Snowmass Village, Colorado, one sister; Evelyn Coffey Hollars of Greensboro, one brother, Joseph Merritt Coffey, Jr. and wife Coni of Dysart, Iowa, a number of nieces and nephews, including locally; Gail Pitts, Linda McCulloch and Cathy Wilson, and her beloved pets Sissey and Lily. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Hardin Blaine Coffey and one brother; Richard Davis Coffey. Funeral service for Mrs. Beulah Mae Coffey will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o�clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Scott Courtney and Rev. Dean Coffey. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday afternoon prior to the service from 1 o�clock until 2 o�clock at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Watauga County Humane Society, 200 Casey Lane, Boone, NC 28607 or to the Blowing Rock Hospital Residents Council Fund, PO Box 148, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 or to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 North West 9th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 or to High Country Health Care System Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 100-B, Boone, NC 28607. Online condolences may be sent to the Coffey family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Coffey family.