Death of Cleve Coffee, 62, pioneer west Texan, lawyer, and father of Misses Leo and Ada Coffee and Norman Coffee of Borger, was made known yesterday in a telegram. The end came at Reserve, N.M., where Mr. Coffee had been with his wife for some months.
The elder Mr. Coffee was among the first lawyers coming to Borger, and was connected with the law firm of Coffee, Holmes and Buckley. He left Borger in May, 1928 on account of poor health.
Funeral services will take place tomorrow afternoon at the old home at Miami.
One sister, six brothers, and seven children survive, besides Mrs. Mattie L. Coffee, the widow. They are Mrs. C.B. Locke, Abilene, W. Coffee, Amarillo, L.A. Coffee, Skellytown, H.C. Coffee, Morse, J.V. Coffee, Miami, G.L. Coffee, Plainview, M.R. Coffee, Perryton.
Children are C.M., Miami, Norman, Borger, F.T., Globe, Ariz., Mrs. J.C. McCarley, Lubbock, Mrs. Harry Bier, Greeley, Colo., Ada and Leo, Borger, and William, Miami.
Coffee was known throughout the Panhandle and west Texas as a long-time resident, and through his professional connections.
Contributor Edith Guynes Stanley
Death of Cleve Coffee, 62, pioneer west Texan, lawyer, and father of Misses Leo and Ada Coffee and Norman Coffee of Borger, was made known yesterday in a telegram. The end came at Reserve, N.M., where Mr. Coffee had been with his wife for some months.
The elder Mr. Coffee was among the first lawyers coming to Borger, and was connected with the law firm of Coffee, Holmes and Buckley. He left Borger in May, 1928 on account of poor health.
Funeral services will take place tomorrow afternoon at the old home at Miami.
One sister, six brothers, and seven children survive, besides Mrs. Mattie L. Coffee, the widow. They are Mrs. C.B. Locke, Abilene, W. Coffee, Amarillo, L.A. Coffee, Skellytown, H.C. Coffee, Morse, J.V. Coffee, Miami, G.L. Coffee, Plainview, M.R. Coffee, Perryton.
Children are C.M., Miami, Norman, Borger, F.T., Globe, Ariz., Mrs. J.C. McCarley, Lubbock, Mrs. Harry Bier, Greeley, Colo., Ada and Leo, Borger, and William, Miami.
Coffee was known throughout the Panhandle and west Texas as a long-time resident, and through his professional connections.
Contributor Edith Guynes Stanley
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