Background
Coffey, Charles Shelby was born on June 18, 1882 in Monticello, Kentucky, United States. Son of Lewis and Sophie (Buster) Coffey.
Coffey, Charles Shelby was born on June 18, 1882 in Monticello, Kentucky, United States. Son of Lewis and Sophie (Buster) Coffey.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1905, Bachelor of Laws, 1906.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1906. Real estate loan closing officer Chattanooga Savings Bank, 1906-1910. Practicing lawyer, Chattanooga, 1910-1917 and since 1919.
With Department of Justice, 1917-1919, special assistant to attorney general Air-Craft Production Investigation, 1918-1919.
Director, general counsel First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Chattanooga since 1934. Receiver First National Bank of Chattanooga, 1934-1939.
Chairman Roosevelt ball for March of Dimes. 1943. Chairman Hamilton Company Election Commission, 1914-1915, 1944-1945.
Director Chattanooga Public Library, 1930-1949. president, 1939-1949.
Trustee Baylor School since 1931.
Served as captain, Tennessee State Guard, 1944-1945. Member American (house of deals 1943-1946), Tennessee State and Chattanooga (past president) bar associations, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Half-Century, Kiwanis (past president).
Married Margaret Anderson, November 21, 1916. Children: Charles Shelby, Mary Katherine (wife of James G. Rawlings, A.U. South.), Jonathan Bachman, William Milton, Robert Lewis.