Life History

Notes

• 1930 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Pursley Township, District 26, page 5A, Hse/Fam #83
  McCoy, George Head Owns M W 37  First married at age 21 OK IL LA Farmer
  McCoy, Jewell Wife F W 33 First married at age 17 OK TX AR House Wife
  McCoy, Lloyd Son M W 16 Single OK OK OK Student
  McCoy, Doyle Son M W 13 Single OK OK OK Student
  McCoy, Lavelle Dau F W 5 Single OK OK OK
  McCoy, Veda Dau F W 5mos Single OK OK OK
  Fountain, Otis Lodger M W 16 Single OK GA AL Farm Laborer
  McCoy, Jessie Mother F W 62 Widow IL VA GA
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Doyle A McCoy
  Birth Date: 21 Feb 1917
  Address: 700 Sw102 St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73139
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Doyle A. McCoy
  Born 21 Feb 1917
  Died 11 Dec 2002
  Last Residence Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma 73052
  SSN 448-05-0615 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  
  Doyle's obituary does not state where he was to be buried.  His joint gravestone with his wife Pearl is in the Greenhill Cemetery in Lindsay, but though he died first, his date of death is not given.
  
  Obituary for Dr. McCoy
  
  Dr. Doyle McCoy was a nature Oklahoman and always maintained a very keen interest in the natural vegetation of our state. The eastern rural hills of Grady County provided the environment for his childhood and early teens, until high school graduation at Bradley. A Bachelor of Science degree was earned at East Central University with a major in biological sciences. A Master of Science degree was earned at Oklahoma University with a botany major. Work toward a completion of each degree provided good oppurtunities for field work in an area of botany that he found challenging - native plant identification.
  
  His wife, the former Pearl Hayes is also a native Oklahoman. She is now retired after serving as a librarian in senior high school and University libraries. They recently observed their sixty - sixth wedding anniversery. Their only daughter, Judy, resides in Lindsay, Oklahoma after teaching in Texas. Their only grandson, Allen Simons resides in Burnet, Texas with his wife Alisse and daughters Teegan and Andri.
  
  Five books for which Dr. McCoy was the author [are] A Study of Flowering Plants, Roadside Flowers of Oklahoma, volume 1, Roadside Flowers of Oklahoma volume 2, Roadside Trees and Shrubs of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Wildflowers.
  
  Dr. McCoy was preceded in death by his parents George and Jewel McCoy, a brother Lloyd McCoy and a sister Lavel.
  
  Dr. Doyle McCoy died at 8:35 a.m., December 11, 2002, at his home in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Services will be Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Lindsay where he was a member.
  
  Arrangements are with B. G. Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, Oklahoma
  --  Boydston, http://www.boydstonfuneralhome.com/listings/showmonth.asp?monthnumber=12&yearnumber=2002
  

Sources

• 1. Social Security Death Index
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. 1930 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
  • 10 April, Pursley Township, District 26, page 5A, Hse/Fam #83
• 4. Obituary of Doyle McCoy, Boydston Funeral Home, Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma
  • Location: http://www.boydstonfuneralhome.com/listings/showmonth.asp?monthnumber=12&yearnumber=2002;
• 5. Oklahoma Marriage License
  • Book 20, page 610