McCoy, Hester Isabelle Riley

Passed: 1930-04-25

Age: 71

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Death Notice: 1930-04-25

Obituary Date:

Information: MRS. J. W. MCCOY CALLED TO HER REWARD FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 25 - Mrs. Hester Isabelle McCoy, wife of Mr. J. W. McCoy, died at her home on Old Town Creek near Plain Valley, Friday night, April 25, following an illness of several months duration.  Mrs. McCoy was born March 4, 1859 near Ripley, Jackson county, this state, and at the time of her death was aged 71 years, 1 month and 21 days.  She was united in marriage September 11, 1879 at Ripley to J. W. McCoy.  To this union were born three sons and two daughters.  Besides her husband, who has been very sick for the past several weeks, she is survived by her sons, H. H. McCoy of ? R.F.D., and Paul R. McCoy of Charleston; also her two daughters, Mrs. Donnie Rayburn of Point Pleasant, Route 1  and Mrs. Lester Selby of this city; also her brother, Mr. Robert Riley of Ripley, Jackson county.  Mrs. McCoy was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley of Ripley and the sister of the late Mr. W. W. Riley, Sr., who resided just north of this city on State Route #2.       Mrs. McCoy, with her husband and children, moved to this county from Jackson county about twenty years ago and located on the farm which has since been her home and where her death occurred on Upper Old Town Creek.  Mrs. McCoy was a member of the Oak Hill U. B. church near Ripley, holding her membership there until the time of her death.  The funeral was conducted from the home Monday morning with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery, this city.  Ministers officiating were:  Rev. Curtis Robinson, a former pastor of the deceased at Ripley, but now located in Cincinnati, and Rev. O. H. Carder, pastor of the local U. B. church.  Scripture lesson was read by Don O. Aten of Letart.  The choir was composed of Mrs. Bertha Filson, Mrs. Mary Happersett, Mr. B. F. Gibbs and R. B. Rothgeb, all of this city.  The pallbearers were:  W. E. Rayburn, A. R. Roush, E. W. Huffman, Charles E. Taylor, John Roush and George W. Somerville.      In the death of Mrs. Hester Isabelle McCoy, the community has lost one of its aged and highly respected ladies.  Her life was a link connecting the present generation with the accomplishments of a great past.  She came from a family of noble achievements; a family that has stamped its name indelibly upon the history of West Virginia, and she has handed down to her children and her many friends of this generation an endowment whose price is above that of precious gems.  Mrs. McCoy was indeed a mother of whom anyone would be proud and her children and grandchildren can look back upon her saintly life without a single regret.  She was a kind, loving and faithful wife and has stood shoulder to shoulder with her venerable husband in his labors and accomplishments.  For some time he has been very ill and her passing seems to have cast a pall of sorrow above his life from which it is hard for him to recover.  He with his sons and daughters have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community and it is the hopes of everyone that he will soon recover his normal health and strength.