McCoy Sr., Norman William
Norman William (Mac) McCoy Sr., 87, of Blacksburg, passed away in his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Reedy McCoy, in 1974; by his son, Norman William McCoy Jr., in 1994; and by his sister, Janith Hope, in 1933. He is survived by his wife, Ettie Shealor McCoy; daughters, Mendy McCoy Harman and husband, Ed, and Susan McCoy Nichols and husband, Robert; daughterin-law, Lois Fleet McCoy; stepdaughter, Nancy Reid Collins and husband, Larry; brothers, John Allen McCoy and wife, Imogene, of Carlisle, Pa., and Timothy Wayne McCoy, of Roanoke, Va.; sisters, Peggy McCoy Harper, of New York, N.Y., Delores McCoy Lustic, of Boca Raton, Fla.; grandchildren, Kenneth Wayne McCoy, Kellie Anne McCoy Young, Mark William McCoy, Norman William McCoy III, Tammy Jo McCoy Collins, Casey McCoy Harman, Jordan Craig Harman, Robert Lee Nichols III, William Mason Mac Nichols, Donald Robert Hodge, Larry Wayne Collins and Lindsey B. Collins; fourteen great-grandchildren; special friends, Aubrey Mills, John Pauley and Bill Crismond; and numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Known as Bill or Mac, he was born on April 3, 1920, in Peterstown, W.Va. He was the oldest of six children born to William and Irene Spangler McCoy. He attended Concord College in Athens, W.Va., aspiring to be an English teacher. He went to work in a coal company store in West Virginia. After he married, he moved with his wife, Margaret, to Blacksburg and went to work at Hercules Powder Plant. He joined the Army and served during World War II in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. When he returned to Blacksburg after the war, Mac became a car salesman, a career he enjoyed full-time for nearly 40 years and continued part-time until just recently.
He was a member of Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Hunter Masonic Lodge #156 A.F. and A.M., and was also a 50 year member of the Eastern Star. Mac McCoy was a unique, fun-loving people person. He had a strong and enduring work ethic and a true zest for life. He was a fisherman, a boater, a gardener, a cook, a voracious reader and a dog lover. He had several true and loyal canine friends, including Festus, Tiny and Riley.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gary Schroeder officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Christiansburg. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday evening, March 4, 2008, at McCoy Funeral Home, 150 Country Club Drive, Blacksburg.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Blacksburg Rescue, 200 Progress Street, NE, Blacksburg, Va. 24060 or the Luther Memorial Lutheran Church Mission Endowment Fund, 600 Price’s Fork Road, Blacksburg, Va. 24060.