Sadie Greene Coffey

Sadie Greene Coffey of 151 Old Starnes Cove Rd., Asheville, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Coffey was born in Madison County and was a daughter of the late McKinley Tilson and Mary Emmaline Wilde Greene. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Marion Coffey, who died in 1988; and by two brothers, Albun and Walter Greene. Mrs. Coffey was an avid bowler, a member of the Joyful Noise Band of West Asheville Baptist Church, and was a member of Starnes Cove Baptist Church, where she was a teacher of the Adult Women Sunday School Class. Surviving Mrs. Coffey are two daughters, Joyce Tweed and husband Raymond, of Asheville, and Charlene McConnell and husband John, of Unicoi, TN; son, James Coffey, Jr., and wife Sharon, of Asheville; three sisters, Easter Fisher and Irene Fox, both of Asheville, and Christine Coffey, of Waynesville; two brothers, Clenard Greene, of Weaverville, and MT Green, of Mars Hill; beloved sister-in-law, Ada Mashburn, of Waynesville; grandchildren, Mandy and Hillary Tweed, John McConnell, II, Shannon McConnell, Devon Bacon, Julia and Jesse Coffey, and Troy Smith; and great-grandchildren, Jessica McConnell, John McConnell, III, and Ezekiel Bacon. A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Sams officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The family thanks each member of the nursing staff of Solace. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC, 28813.