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Submitted: 3/12/12 • Approved: 7/23/12 • Last Updated: 8/11/12 • R662446-G0-S3
September 3, 1925 - January 30, 2012
*Obituary
Ralph L. McCoy, 86, of Mayflower passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012. He was born on Thursday, September 3, 1925 in Cleveland, AR to the late Jeff and Julia Mae (Newton) McCoy.
Mr. McCoy was a member of Green Grove Lodge #107, Order of Eastern Star Palmetto #47, and Cadron #581. He was a Deacon and door greeter of First Baptist Church, Mayflower for many years. He loved gardening and working in his yard. He was an avid camper with membership in two R.V. Chapters – Toad Suck Sams and Mayflower Pilgrims, and was a past president of both chapters. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served on an Aircraft Carrier. He taught math and social studies in Mayflower Schools for eighteen years before moving to Alaska, where he taught math at Service Henshew High School for ten years. He coached varisty basketball at Service Henshew for three years.
He is survived by his loving wife of sixty-six years, Lillian Fayrean (Dickens) McCoy; son, Jeffery Lynn McCoy (Patsy); three grandsons, Billy McCoy (Robin), Lindsey Scott McCoy, and Kenneth Pappera (Carla); granddaughter, Anglique Rappold (Allen); three great-grandsons, Caleb Killum, Ethan McCoy, and Isaiah Rappold; and sister, Ila Mae Garrett.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Ralph L. McCoy, Jr. and Jerry Virgil McCoy; and two brothers, Wilburn D. McCoy and Carl McCoy.
Wade McCaghren, Billy McCaghren, Jr., Michael Williams, James Gamble, Wilbert Cummings, and George Roberts were pallbearers. The Deacons of the Church were honorary pallbearers.
Contributed on 3/12/12 by hawkinsdonna
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