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A Storm and a Runaway By Phillip Coffey Seventy-eight years ago, my parents, Elroy Coffey and Venie Moss, eloped and got married. Uncle Ural and a neighbor and cousin, Robert Willis, went along for the ride and to be witnesses. Prior to the day of the departure, Mom, Dad, and the witnesses had planned carefully 'the big day'. All the supplies including a suitcase with all the necessities were stored in Uncle Ural's barn the night of May 7th. While Mom's dad John Marshall (J. M.) Moss was breaking the ground for tobacco planting across the road from his house, the plans were set in motion to elope. Grandfather Moss had 'heard wind' that he was going to lose his eldest daughter at home to the 'Coffey boy". This did not set well with him. Mom was his chief cook and bottle washer. J. M. tried to get her to stay. He sweetened the deal for Mom by offering her a brood of chickens. She could keep all the profits from the sale of the future offspring. His offer of untold riches fell on deaf ears. The eloping crew gathered supplies and drove through stormy weather to Jamestown, Ky. Venie Moss became a Coffey. It was very upsetting to Grandfather Moss that he lost his cook and she was able to pull one over him. He called his first cousin Levi Mack Keltner and said "Well, Mack, there has been a storm and a runaway." Cousin Mack thought J. M. had lost a team of horses. No, it had been much worse, he explained. Over the years, Grandfather Moss began to accept Dad and become fond of him. He found that Dad was a good catch for his eighth child and fourth daughter. From this union there have been four children - two boys and two girls. It has worked out well. As Granddaddy Coffey would say, "There have been none of them in the pen or sylum." I think the jury is still out on me. This story was posted on 2020-05-09 00:13:57
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