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Leo Litton Atchley

Husband of Sue Mary Coffman Atchley · 1895–1957

Leo Litton Atchley

Probable

Husband of Sue Mary Coffman Atchley · 1895–1957

Born
at Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas
Children
Daisy Bertha Atchley Morgan
Sources
1

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as the husband of Sue Mary Coffman Atchley. The evidence is strong: the Texas marriage index names the couple, the index of the 1920 census lists him, and her 1979 obituary names him as her husband S1740. It stays Probable because the marriage index shows no date, his own funeral notice does not name his wife, and every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper page: no image has been read.

Evidence: The Texas marriage index names him and Sue Mary Coffman, and her 1979 obituary names him as her husband; the indexes of the Texas death records and of his draft card give his birth on 2 December 1895 at Cumby, Hopkins County, and his death on 14 July 1957 at Abilene; his funeral notice of 15 July 1957 agrees (S1740). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: The marriage index shows no date; his funeral notice does not name his wife; no burial place is known; every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1957
Leo Litton Atchley died on 14 July 1957 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, aged 61. He was born at Cumby, Hopkins County, Texas, on 2 December 1895. The dates are in the indexes of the Texas death records and of his First World War draft card S1740. His funeral notice, in the Abilene Reporter-News of 15 July 1957, says L. L. Atchley of Dudley died at 4 a.m. on Sunday 14 July at Hendrick Memorial Hospital.
Death1919
According to the funeral notice he had lived at Dudley since 1919 and was an oilfield maintenance foreman; the funeral was at the Dudley Church of Christ. The notice names a sister, Mrs. Bertha Robinson of Sulphur Springs, and a brother, F. D. Atchley of Abilene; neither has a card. His parents are not in this record. No burial place is in the text read S1740.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree as the husband of Sue Mary Coffman, from the death, draft, marriage and census indexes and his 1957 funeral notice (S1740).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children1918
Father of Daisy Bertha Atchley Morgan (1918–1989) and Etta Pearl Atchley Dye (1922–2009): his funeral notice names his daughters as Mrs. J. B. Morgan of Notrees and Mrs. George B. Dye of Dudley. His son is not named here.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Husband of Sue Mary Coffman Atchley (1893–1979), a daughter of David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright. Her obituary gives the marriage as 29 May 1917 at Potosi; no marriage record with a date has been read.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: the marriage index shows no date; his funeral notice does not name his wife; no burial place is known; every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1740 Card added 2026-10-12

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Leo Litton Atchley · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

1 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1740Indexes and newspaper notices — Sue Mary Coffman (Mrs. Leo Litton Atchley) and her husband, Taylor County, Texas, 1895–1979. FamilySearch: for her, Social Security claim index (6K7D-3QN2), Social Security Death Index (V3D3-MPN) and Find a Grave index (QVVF-7PPX); for him, Texas death records index (K338-3KH) and Texas Death Index (VZ62-DYP), First World War draft card index (7FHB-XDN2), Texas marriage index (QV1Z-3W5W) and 1920 census index (MHBZ-5LR). Newspapers.com, Abilene Reporter-News: 15 July 1957, p. 3 (image 761690549); 19 January 1979, p. 18-A (image 763138876); 20 January 1979, p. 30 (image 763140480). Indexes and machine-read text read on 4 and 5 October 2026; no image read. Probable Claim index: Sue Mary Coffman, born 10 May 1893 at Potosi, both parents named. Died 18 Jan 1979. 1979 obituary: died Thursday 18 January at Shady Oaks Lodge No. 2, aged 85; married Leo Litton Atchley at Potosi on 29 May 1917; of Dudley from 1919; two daughters, Daisy B. Morgan of Dudley and Etta Pearl Atchley of McAllen; funeral notice: burial at Dudley Cemetery. Leo: death index, born 2 Dec 1895 at Cumby, Hopkins County, died 14 Jul 1957 at Abilene. Marriage index: the couple, no date shown. 1957 notice, “Atchley Funeral At Dudley Church”: L. L. Atchley, 61, of Dudley since 1919, died 4 a.m. Sunday 14 July at Hendrick Memorial Hospital; funeral at the Dudley Church of Christ; survivors his wife, daughters Mrs. J. B. Morgan of Notrees and Mrs. George B. Dye of Dudley, a sister Mrs. Bertha Robinson of Sulphur Springs and a brother F. D. of Abilene. ⚠ Index and machine-read text only: no image has been read. The 1979 obituary does not name the town of her death and gives 1956 for her husband’s death, a year early. The 1957 notice does not name his wife and gives no burial place. The marriage date and her burial rest on the newspaper text alone. Their son is not named here. Serves the cards of Sue Mary Coffman Atchley, Leo Litton Atchley, Etta Pearl Atchley Dye, Daisy Bertha Atchley Morgan, David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright.

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