Marjorie E. McCoy

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel, 500 S. Main Street in Vandalia, Missouri 63382.
Officiating will be: Pastor Pete Gounis.
Music provided by: selected favorite hymns.
Interment will be in the Farber Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Kevin Heaton, Barry Heaton, Mark Booth, Keane Brooks, John Gerlach and Jeremy Reed. Honorary pallbearers: John Thomas, Jason Thomas, Kollin McCoy, Lonnie Bass and Darnell Hull.

Marjorie Edna (Hull) McCoy passed away at 6:25 a.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Golden Living Center-Gamma Road Lodge in Wellsville, Missouri where she had resided for the past two months after falling ill from cancer. Shortly after her birth her family moved to the Farber area. She attended school in Farber and it was here she started working and raising her family. Marjorie attended the Farber Baptist Church and had worked in the garment factory industry for many years. She lived in the rural Vandalia and Middletown areas for many years until the passing of her husband in 1981. It was then she moved back to Farber where she lived her last 29 years. Marjorie was most proud of her family and cherished the time she spent with them. She hosted many large gatherings for holidays, birthdays, reunions and other celebrations. Her influence on her family was from her heart and from her spirit. Some of her hobbies were cooking, reading and playing games with her sisters and other family members. She was well known throughout her family for her excellent cooking, her generosity and her kindness.

Born: October 29, 1923 in Rockford, Iowa the daughter of Thomas Lee and Nannie Katherine (Clark) Hull.

Married: Lawrence Raymond McCoy on September 10, 1950 in Louisiana, Missouri; he preceded her in death on January 7, 1981.

Survivors include: three sons, William Lee "Bill" and wife, Sharon Hull of Marquette Heights, Illinois; Loren Gale and wife, LeeAnn McCoy of Wellsville, Missouri and Lawrence Dale McCoy of Vandalia; two daughters: Janice Carol and husband, Calvin Heaton and Tina Katherine and husband, Randy Farmer all of O'Fallon, Missouri; two brothers: Earl E. "Beano" and wife, Wanda Hull of Kingman, Arizona; Irvin Ray and wife, Betty Hull of Farber; four sisters: Emma E. Burts and Mildred J. "Millie" Hulse both of Farber; Marie K. Harris and Maurine M. "Dickie" Selby both of Vandalia; also survived by one daughter-in-law, Sue Hull and one sister-in-law, Pat Hull; 17 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by: parents; husband; three children: Elmer Eugene (John) Hull, Rhonda Kay Thomas and James Richard McCoy; three brothers: Billie Burk Hull, Almer Lee Hull and Roswell Clark "Sorg" Hull; one sister, Beaulah Pearl Shepherd; one grandson, nine nephews and one niece.

Memorials are encouraged to the Community Loving Care Hospice of Bowling Green, Missouri.