Date of birth: 27 December 1863, Shelby County, Indiana
Date of death: 28 March 1943, Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, March 29, 1943
WILLIAM COY, 79, IS DEAD
Camp Atterbury Evacuee Succumbs
at Edinburg Home; Sister Lives Here
Edinburg, March 28 Ð William Coy, 79,
former resident of the area southeast
of here taken for Camp Atterbury, died
suddenly Sunday noon at his home 607
South Kyle Street.
Mr. Coy was born Dec. 7, 1863
[should be Dec. 27, 1863], the son of
Mathew and Rebecca Poe Coy. He
married Miss Ida Mae Wray, August
18, 1889. Five children were born
to this union, one dying in infancy.
He was a member of the New Bethel
Church and the Knights of Pythias
Lodge.
Friends may call at the home
anytime after Monday evening and
services will be held Tuesday at
2:30 o'clock at the Edinburg
Methodist Church with burial in
Rest Haven Cemetery.
He is survived by the widow
and four children. Eldon and Milo
Coy of Edinburg, Clarence Coy of
Columbus, and Mrs. Gladys Rairdon
of Franklin. Two brothers, John
Coy of Needham, and Ira Coy of
Edinburg, and one sister, Mrs.
L.A. Wirey of Franklin, and ten
grandchildren also survive.
Source: Columbus Evening Republican, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, March 29, 1943
WILLIAM COY DIES SUDDENLY
Former Resident of Camp Atterbury Area
Expires at Edinburg
Edinburg, March 29 -- William
Coy, 79, retired farmer and former
resident of the Bartholomew county
area now occupied by Camp Atterbury,
died unexpectedly at 12:15 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at his home, 607
South Kyle street, Edinburg.
Funeral Services will be held
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
at Edinburg Methodist church. The
services will be conducted by the
Rev. Ray Bozell and burial will
be made in Rest Haven cemetery.
Mr. Coy was born Dec. 27,
1863, in Shelby county, the son
of Matthew and Rebecca Poe Coy.
He married Miss Ida May Wray in
August, 1889. He was a member of
the New Bethel church and the
Knights of Pythias lodge.
Five children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Coy, one son having
preceded his father in death.
Surviving are the widow;
three sons, Eldon and Milo Coy
of Edinburg and Clarence Coy of
Columbus; one daughter, Mrs.
Gladys Rairdon of Edinburg; two
brothers, John Coy of Needham
and Ira Coy of Edinburg; one
sister, Mrs. Sadie Wirey of
Franklin, and ten grandchildren.
Source: Edinburg Daily Courier, Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana, March 29, 1943
William Coy Died Sunday
William Coy, age 79, died
suddenly at his home, 607 south
Kyle street, at 12:30 p.m. Sun-
day. He had been in ill health
for the past four years.
Funeral rites will be held
from the Edinburg Methodist church
at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Interment,
Rest Haven Cemetery. The remains
were taken to the home from the
Mutz Funeral Chapel this afternoon
where friends may call.
Surviving are the wife;
three sons, Eldon and Milo Coy
of Edinburg and Clarence of
Columbus; one daughter Mrs.
Gladys Rairdon of Edinburg; two
brothers, Ira of Edinburg and
John of Needham; a sister, Mrs.
Sadie Wirey of Franklin;
ten grandchildren and others.
The deceased was born
December 27, 1863 the son of
Matthew and Rebecca Poe Coy
and was married to Ida Mae
Wray in August 1889.
He was a member of the
New Bethel church and the
Knights of Pythias lodge,
Shelbyville.
Submitted by Mark Wirey
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