William McCoy Jr.

WILLIAM H. MCCOY JR. 88 YEARS OF AGE, WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 23, 1930 IN PERTH ANBOY, NJ. AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 3, 2019 AT RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER, IN PERTH AMBOY.

WILLIAM, AFFECTIONATELY CALLED (BILL), ATTENDED THE PERTH AMBOY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND LATER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR ACHEIVING THE RANK OF A  NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER, MASTER SARGENT.  HE ALSO BECAME A MASTER MUSICIAN AND LED THE U.S. AIR FORCE BAND AND ORCHESTRA BEFORE COMPLETING HIS TERM IN THE MILITARY WITH HONOR AFTER SERVING 12 YEARS.

IN HIS EARLY YEARS, BILL WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC  ALL BLACK  “FLAGSTAFF DRUM  AND BUGLE CORPS” MARCHING BAND,  IN THE CITY OF PERTH AMBOY.  BILL WAS ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THE MOOSE  LODGE #1360.

WILLIAM WAS PRE DECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM H. MCCOY SR AND MARJORIE MCCOY,   HIS WIVES OF THREE MARRIAGES, MARY WILLIAMS, BENNIE MAXWELL, AND MAE FRANCIS  THOMPSON, AND HIS SECOND OLDEST SON JAMES AND  HIS  SISTER BEATRICE ( BOOTSIE ) CARMEN.

SURVING TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY ARE HIS CHILDREN, ROBERT (DONNA), WILLIAM III (DEVENE), AND DAUGHTER, WANDA WEST.

WILLIAM  HAS  SEVEN GRAND CHILDREN, NINE  GREAT GRAND CHILDREN,  AND THREE  BROTHERS,  HOWARD ( THELMA), PATRICK ( STEPHANIE ), AND ROBERT, ALONG WITH  THREE SISTERS,  RUBY MCCOY, PATRICIA BOWERS, AND EVELYN WOOTEN AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

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