Vonda, the Edwards, Blackwell family and several more in Taney Co. are related to the Coffelt family in Ft. Worth, Texas. I clipped the article on the fire and sent to the families in Taney Co., Mo. Bliss Edward of Forsyth, Mo. is related. M in Weatherford, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "pfrommer" <pfrommer@webound.com> To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [MOTANEY] Coffelt memorial > Hey Vonda, > Thanks for the Coffelt news, sad tho' it is. What a tragedy. What is it > with fire this year? Seems there are just more than you usually hear > about..... > > Gerald was a fine man. A farrier by trade with an excellent reputation. As > I recall, he worked the race tracks in Florida for several years coming home > every now and then for a good visit... and Homer would put him to work > shoeing horses with "problem feet". Homer had the stables at the Shepherd > of the Hills Farm for many, many years, not only operating the Trail Rides > but supplying the wagons, buggies and stock for the Play. I know they still > have family in the area and this must be a real blow to them. Prayers and > good thoughts to them in this difficult time. > Adrienne > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vonda Sheets" <vonda@peoplepc.com> > To: <MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:53 AM > Subject: [MOTANEY] Coffelt memorial > > > > On 31 Mar, 2003, a house fire in Ft. Worth TX killed 3 members of the > Taney > > Co./Fall Creek area Coffelt family. The memorial service was held 7 Apr > > 2003. > > > > Gerald Lee Coffelt b 17 May 1933 Branson to Homer Lee Coffelt and Iva > Treat. > > Homer was the s/o Andrew Coffelt and America Edwards. I have no > information > > on Iva's parentage. They lived near the Lewallen Cemetery in Fall Creek > > Valley. > > > > Cora Monette Stuart b 30 Oct 1938 Houston, TX. Monette's biological > father > > was a Battle. When her mother married Loren Stuart, he adopted Monette > and > > her 2 sisters, so she grew up a Stuart. They came to the Bee Creek area > > north of Branson during the 1940s. My dad learned to ride a bike on their > > long, long driveway (really a road) on the ridge now called Oak Bluff. At > > the funeral, Loren read a poem he had written for Monette some years ago, > > and it was beautiful. > > > > Their daughter, Cora Layne Coffelt DeMilio b 16 Jun 1958 Branson, also > died > > in the fire. Layne's daughter, and son escaped uninjured from the fire. > > Layne's son-in-law was seriously injured trying to rescue the others. > > > > I don't know that there are any Coffelt descendants on the lists, but they > > are seriously intermarried with many Taney county families; Edwards, > > Compton, Fausett/Faucett...well, you get the drift. If you're researching > > the western side of Taney county (I know many of you are), these folks > were > > part of the backbone of Taney county genealogy. > > > > Gerald and Monette's granddaughter, Ashlynn, was a good friend of my > > daughter Victoria's before her family moved to South Carolina last summer. > > They were good people, and will be missed. Gerald had been seriously ill > > for the past year or so, which I suspect was why they were in their > > daughter's home--she was a hospice triage nurse. > > > > Vonda > > > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > "My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the > present my future."--Vladimir Horowitz, "NY Times," 17 Mar 1965 > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > "A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."--David C. McCullough, "LA Times," 23 Apr 1978 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >