"Nathaniel Cofer Succumbs at 75"
Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, of St. Dennis Apartments, West Ave., Newport News [VA], died late last night in a local hospital following a long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Gude Cofer; one brother, Russell Cofer and a sister, Mrs. Elmo Batten of Smithfield.
He was formerly associated with the Cofer Motor Co. in Newport News.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Obituary, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), October 30, 1955
"Funeral Set Today For Cofer Brothers"
Funeral services will be held today for Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, of Newport News [VA], and Russell Colbert Cofer, 80, of Smithfield [Isle of Wight, VA], brothers, who died within a few hours of each other Friday night.
Services for Nathaniel Cofer of St. Dennis Apartments, who died in a local hospital after a long illness, will be held at 4 this afternoon in Caffee Funeral Home, Newport News, with the Rev. T. V. Morison [sic, Morrison], rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be L. G. Lawson, Hal Mathias, Edward Gwaltney, Irbie Johnson, H. (Tip) Shackelford, George H. Hill, Edward N. Islin and Alan R. Day. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the family.
Services for his brother, a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County [VA] who died in Smithfield [VA] also after a long illness, will be held at 2 this afternoon in the chapel of Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the Rev. R. M. Recklay, officiating, asisted [sic, assisted] by the Rev. H. B. Jones and J. F. Flye. Burial will be in the family burying groung, Isle of Wight Cemetery.
"Nathaniel Cofer Succumbs at 75"
Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, of St. Dennis Apartments, West Ave., Newport News [VA], died late last night in a local hospital following a long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Gude Cofer; one brother, Russell Cofer and a sister, Mrs. Elmo Batten of Smithfield.
He was formerly associated with the Cofer Motor Co. in Newport News.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Obituary, Daily Press (Newport News, VA), October 30, 1955
"Funeral Set Today For Cofer Brothers"
Funeral services will be held today for Nathaniel E. Cofer, 75, of Newport News [VA], and Russell Colbert Cofer, 80, of Smithfield [Isle of Wight, VA], brothers, who died within a few hours of each other Friday night.
Services for Nathaniel Cofer of St. Dennis Apartments, who died in a local hospital after a long illness, will be held at 4 this afternoon in Caffee Funeral Home, Newport News, with the Rev. T. V. Morison [sic, Morrison], rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be L. G. Lawson, Hal Mathias, Edward Gwaltney, Irbie Johnson, H. (Tip) Shackelford, George H. Hill, Edward N. Islin and Alan R. Day. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the family.
Services for his brother, a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County [VA] who died in Smithfield [VA] also after a long illness, will be held at 2 this afternoon in the chapel of Bullock Funeral Home, Smithfield, with the Rev. R. M. Recklay, officiating, asisted [sic, assisted] by the Rev. H. B. Jones and J. F. Flye. Burial will be in the family burying groung, Isle of Wight Cemetery.
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