THE OBITUARY FOR HERBERT MCCOY OFFICIATING MINISTERS: REV. GEORGE ROBERTS REV. LYLE SIZEMORE REV. J.D. HENSLEY REV. JERRY MCKINLEY HOLLAND REV. TEDDY COLLETT HERBERT MCCOY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 24, 1935, IN HAZARD, KENTUCKY TO THE LATE BILL MCCOY & SOPHIA GRAY MCCOY. HE PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 AT THE MARY BRECKINRIDGE HOSPITAL IN HYDEN, KENTUCKY AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS, 11 MONTHS & 19 DAYS. HERBERT WAS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF LESLIE CO., BY OCCUPATION HE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER & OPERATED MCCOYS GROCERY. HERBERT ENJOYED GARDENING, FARMING, BEING OUTDOORS & PLAYING CARDS. HERBERT MCCOY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: BILL & SOPHIA MCCOY MOTHER OF CHILDREN: EFFIE MCCOY COUCH STEP-FATHER: REUBEN ESTEP 1 STEP-SON: JIMMY RAY HOSKINS 1 BROTHER: BILLY WAYNE MCCOY 2 STEP-BROTHERS: SENIOR ESTEP & JOE RAY ESTEP HE LEAVES THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES SURVIVING: 1 SON: BILL MCCOY & PAM---------ESSIE, KY. 3 DAUGHTERS: WANDA ASHER & RICK---------BEARBRANCH, KY. SOPHIA GIBSON & DONNIE RAY----BEARBRANCH, KY. PATSY CAUSEY & WILLIE---------BEARBRANCH, KY. 1 STEP-BROTHER: CARTER ESTEP----BIG CREEK, KY. 2 SISTERS: MARY KATHERINE JONES------LONDON, KY. JANCIE SUE ROBERTS----LONDON, KY. 2 STEP-SISTERS: CARRIE ESTEP & ELIZABETH SMALLWOOD---- 11 GRANDCHILDREN: TAMMY, ALEX, LISA, BYRON, BRITTANY, RICKY, BILLY GLEN, TONYA, CHASITY, AUSTIN & HENRY RAY 11 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ALSO A HOST OF NIECES,NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES FRIENDS SURVIVE. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR HERBERT MCCOY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE DWAYNE WALKER FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE JIM SIZEMORE CHURCH AT BEARBRANCH, KY., WITH REV. GEORGE ROBERTS, REV. LYLE SIZEMORE, REV. J.D. HENSLEY, REV. JERRY MCKINLEY HOLLAND & REV. TEDDY COLLETT OFFICIATING. BURIAL FOLLOWED IN THE ESTEP FAMILY CEMETERY AT BIG CREEK, KY. IN CLAY CO. THE FOLLOWING SERVED AS PALLBEARERS: AUSTIN ASHER, RICKY ASHER, TIM CLARK, BYRON GIBSON, JAMIE HOWARD, ALEX MCCOY, JALEN MCCOY & BILLY GLEN MCCOY.