Charles F. McCully

McCULLY, Charles F. Charles Findlay McCully, 60, of Morton Rd., Meriden, died, Tuesday (October 23, 2007). He was the beloved husband of Rebecca L. McCreath McCully. He was born in Motherwell, Scotland, April 30, 1947, a son of the late John and Annie Mair McCully, he had been a resident of Meriden and Wallingford for many years, and was employed by P & M Mason Contractors in Plainville. He was a member of the AF & AM Walnut Hill Lodge #139 of New Britain, and was well known as a professional soccer player who had played for the U.S. National Team, and was inducted into the CT Soccer Hall of Fame. Besides his wife Rebecca, he is survived by his daughter, Michelle Ann McCully of Meriden; his two sisters, Christine Morris and her husband Cyril of Manhasset, NY, and Ina Graham and her husband Victor of Motherwell, Scotland; his four brothers, Henry McCully and his wife Betsy of Wallingford, Peter McCully, Alexander McCully and his wife Bernadette, and William McCully, and his wife Elizabeth, all of Scotland; his sister-in-law, Helen Coulter of Wallingford; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and Isabelle Martin of Wallingford; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Annie Grassia and his brother John McCully. His family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St., Ext., Wallingford. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory may be sent to A.R.C. of Meriden and Wallingford, 200 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450. www.wallingfordfh.com