James L. �Jim� McCoy ”1946 - 2017”

James L. �Jim� McCoy

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe

James L. Jim McCoy of Quapaw, OK passed from this life on Monday, March 13, 2017 at Higher Call Nursing Center in Quapaw. He was 70. Jim was born December 28, 1946 in Miami, OK to Fred Milton and Mary Ellen (Rhatigan) McCoy. He had lived in the Treece, KS, Picher and Quapaw, OK most of his life. He attended Columbus High School in Columbus, KS. Jim served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He worked as a security officer and an over the road truck driver. He was a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation and a member of Spring River Indian Baptist Church of Quapaw. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his daughter, Sandra Harder and husband Chris of Rogers, AR, 5 brothers, Pat McCoy and wife Leslie, Mike McCoy and wife Kathy, Floyd McCoy and wife Deb all of Quapaw, OK, Gary McCoy and wife Gwen of Baxter Springs, KS and Trenton Schulze of Joplin, MO, his sister, April Jacobs of Carl Junction, MO and 3 grandsons, Brendon, Gavin and Keelan. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel in Miami, OK. Inturnment will be at a later date in Greenlawn Cemetery, northwest of Treece, KS. Services have been placed in the care of Paul Thomas Funeral Home of Miami. Resource: Paul Thomas Funeral Home

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