Hundreds of people travel to Cardiff to remember James Coffey, known as 'Big Daddy', who passed away after battling cancer. Floral tributes are laid at his funeral, marking his favorite things.
Rolls Royces, a gold coffin, and huge flower displays as hundreds say farewell to man known as ' Big Daddy 'Hundreds of people travelled to Cardiff from across the UK and Ireland to remember one of the city’s most renowned travellers.
The funeral service, conducted by Rev Dr Sebastian Jones at St Alban on the Moors in Splott, which Jim was connected to for decades and where he married Agnes a year after they met at the Philharmonic pub in 1976, was followed by a celebration of his life at the cemetery. He is now sharing the plot with Agnes, or “Big Mommy”, who was considered the matriarch of the huge Coffey family until she died in 2022.
Jim’s daughter Bridget said:"My father was the sort of man who wouldn't let anything drag him down. If he had pain he wouldn't go to the doctor. He would say the best cure is a can of John Smith's or a can of Guinness. Every night after work he would sit at his table, smoke his cigarette and drink ten cans of John Smith's. At midnight he'd have his dinner that Agnes made him. Then he'd be up bright and early to leave for work at 7am.
He died on March 21, more than 14 months after his terminal diagnosis. He was still working two weeks before he died, and still enjoying Guinness, Baileys and cards with his family two days before he died."He fought to the very end," said Bridget."He was like a role model to his family, a legacy who built a better life for his children.
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