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Sue Mary Coffman Atchley

Daughter of David Emily "Dee" Coffman · 1893–1979

Sue Mary Coffman Atchley

Probable

Daughter of David Emily "Dee" Coffman · 1893–1979

Born
at Potosi, Taylor County, Texas
Parents
David Emily "Dee" Coffman & Mary Jane "Mollie" Wright
Married
Leo Litton Atchley
Children
Daisy Bertha Atchley Morgan
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a daughter of David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright. The evidence is strong: the index of her Social Security claim names both of her parents, and the obituaries of her brothers Joseph Franklin Coffman (1966) and Jesse Lee Coffman (1967) name Mrs. Sue Atchley of Dudley as their sister S1740S1742S1729. It stays Probable because every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper page: no image has been read.

Evidence: The index of her Social Security claim names both of her parents and gives her birth on 10 May 1893 at Potosi; her 1979 obituary and funeral notice, and the obituaries of her brothers Joseph Franklin (1966) and Jesse Lee (1967), name her (S1740, S1742, S1729). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper page, and no image has been read; no town of death is known; the marriage date and the burial are in the obituary text only. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1979
Sue Mary Coffman Atchley died on 18 January 1979, aged 85. She was born at Potosi, Taylor County, Texas, on 10 May 1893. The birth date and place are in the index of her Social Security claim and in her obituary; the Social Security Death Index and the Find a Grave index are read with them S1740. Her obituary, in the Abilene Reporter-News of 19 January 1979, says she died at Shady Oaks Lodge No. 2; it does not name the town, so no place of death is given here.
Death1913
According to the obituary she attended Sabinal College and Abilene Christian College in 1913–15 and was a charter member of the Dudley Church of Christ. The funeral notice of 20 January 1979 gives her burial at Dudley Cemetery; that too is from the newspaper text alone S1740.
Burial2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree as a daughter of David Emily Coffman and Mary Jane Wright, from the Social Security and grave indexes and the 1979 newspaper notices (S1740).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1917
Wife of Leo Litton Atchley. Her obituary says they married at Potosi on 29 May 1917 and lived at Dudley from 1919; the Texas marriage index names the couple without a date S1740. The marriage date rests on the obituary text alone. The obituary gives 1956 for her husband’s death; his own funeral notice and the death index give 14 July 1957, which is followed here.
Children1918
Mother of Daisy Bertha Atchley Morgan (1918–1989) and Etta Pearl Atchley Dye (1922–2009), both named as her daughters in her obituary. Her son is not named here.

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

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Daughter of David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright. Sister of James David “Jim” Coffman, Joseph Franklin Coffman, Lucy C. Coffman Chrane, Jesse Lee Coffman, Dee Carl Coffman and Daisy Hope Coffman Holley.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; no town of death is known; the marriage date and the burial are in the obituary text only; the obituary’s year for her husband’s death is wrong by a year. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.

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Sue Mary Coffman Atchley · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 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. S1729Obituary and funeral notice — J. Lee Coffman, Abilene Reporter-News, 5 June 1967, pp. 2 and 3. Newspapers.com, images 762355732 and 762310534. Machine-read text read on 4 October 2026; the page images have not been opened. Probable He died on Sunday 4 June 1967 at Hendrick Memorial Hospital, aged 76; born at Potosi on 28 January 1891; married Mattie Jane Moody in Taylor County on 13 September 1924; graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1928; a Taylor County teacher, retired 1955; Church of Christ; funeral on 6 June, burial at Elmwood Memorial Park. Survivors include a brother, Jim Coffman, and a sister, Mrs. Sue M. Atchley, both of Dudley. ⚠ Machine-read text, not checked on the page image. It is the only source for the marriage date of 13 September 1924, and it was written 43 years later: the date is Probable, and no marriage record has been found. It does not mention the earlier marriage implied by his 1917 draft registration (S1432). The sister it names, Mrs. Sue M. Atchley of Dudley, is Sue Mary Coffman Atchley. Serves the cards of Jesse Lee Coffman, Mattie Jane Moody Coffman and Sue Mary Coffman Atchley.
  2. 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.
  3. S1742Index and obituaries — Joseph F. Coffman, 81, Wichita Falls, Texas, January 1966. FamilySearch: Texas death records index (K7DS-V7K). Newspapers.com: Wichita Falls Times, 13 January 1966, p. 18 (image 780825514), printed again in the Times Record News, 14 January 1966, p. 2 (image 775860349); Abilene Reporter-News, 13 January 1966, p. 21 (image 762347021). Index and machine-read text read on 5 October 2026; no image read. Probable Death index: Joseph Franklin Coffman, both parents named. Obituary: Joseph F. Coffman, 81, retired packing-company salesman, died Wednesday 12 January 1966 at Wichita Falls; born 13 September 1884, a native of Abilene; at Wichita Falls since 1958; 23rd and Grace Street Church of Christ; burial at Crestview Memorial Park, Wichita Falls. Survivors include his wife Laura, a sister Mrs. Sue Atchley of Dudley, and brothers J. Lee of Abilene and Jim of Dudley. ⚠ Index and machine-read text only: no image has been read. The Abilene notice prints his age as 82 and his brothers as Jay Lee Coffman and J. D. Coffman. “Native of Abilene” is the only source for his birthplace. His daughters and sons are in the notices and are not named here. Serves the cards of Joseph Franklin Coffman, Sue Mary Coffman Atchley, Jesse Lee Coffman, James David “Jim” Coffman, David Emily “Dee” Coffman and Mary Jane “Mollie” Wright.

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