Willie McCoy Sr.
Posted: March 27, 2009
NOXUBEE COUNTY — Willie D. McCoy Sr., 83, died March 22, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle. Services are Sunday at 2 p.m. at Christian Love MB Church with the Rev. E.B. Tate officiating. Burial will follow at church cemetery in Macon. Visitation is Saturday from noon-6 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services in Macon. Mr. McCoy was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Noxubee County to the late William and Lillie Lou McCoy. He is survived by his wife, Gracie McCoy of Macon; daughter, Lizzie Patterson of St. Louis; sons, Willie C. McCoy of St. Louis, Willie McCoy Jr. of Prairie Point and Samuel E. McCoy of Jackson; brothers, William McCoy of Clarksdale and Fred McCoy of California; sister, Angeline Coleman of Chicago; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be his nephews.