Dorothy Eloise McCoy

Dorothy Eloise (Morgan) McCoy Mrs. Dorothy Morgan McCoy was born in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., on 4, September, 1916, the daughter of the late Robert Major Morgan and Evie Letha (Grimes) Morgan. She is a graduate of Rice University with B.A.s in French, English, and Science. Thirty years later through the states Advanced Senior Option Program led to an M.A. in English Education from Texas A andI University (1968). With completion of her undergraduate studies, she married Mr. Roy McCoy and their sons, Roy Jr., and Robert were born. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy McCoy, Sr., and son, Robert (Bob) McCoy. Survivors include: Son, Roy McCoy Jr., and wife Sally; grandson, Derek McCoy and wife Whitney, and their children, Morgan, Brooks and Graham; grandson, Robert E. McCoy; granddaughter Laura Kay McCoy Boenig, and her children, Davis and Carson; sister, Velma Pepper; nieces, Carolyn Pepper and Peggy Wilkinson, and her husband Greg. As her family got older, Mrs. McCoy began work as a teacher with the Corpus Christi Texas Independent School District, retiring from this same school district some twenty-six years later. During the sixties and seventies, she was invited to contribute regular articles to a feedback column for the Corpus Christi Caller Times and she published the book, Lets Restructure Those Schools. She also worked from 1982 to 1985 as an advisor to the United States Congress Advisory Board. Her interests included politics on the community, state and national levels; along with reading, gardening, travel, and dress making. While teaching Mrs. McCoy held the office of chairman at the Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English and of chairman of the nomination committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. She has always been active in the community as well as serving on the Library Board of Trustees from 1987 to 1998. On a local Educational Summit Scoring Committee in 1991 and as chairman of the United Methodist Womans Guild of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1990-91. She was local representative of the Hamlin Site Based Management Team from 1995 97. Additional memberships have included the American Association of University Women and the League of Women Voters. While a student at Rice University, Mrs. McCoy was inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She would be further honored during her career as a Master Teacher in National Humanities and with the Paul Kaplan Award as Teacher of the Year in 1981. A Memorial Service will be conducted at First United Methodist Church, 900 South Shoreline, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to South Texas Botancial Gardens or the Library Fund at First United Methodist Church.