Lela G. Mccoy

She was born December 8, 1953 to the late Roy Lee Bell and Laura Lucille Knowles Bell. She married her high school sweetheart Marion Lawson “M.L.” McCoy on June 7, 1975 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Friends and family that knew her best called her Lela Gayle. She lived most of her life in Grand Prairie before moving to Burleson in 2007. Lela worked at the Grand Prairie Municipal Court for 32 years as a court clerk before retiring in 2009. Her passion for a long time was being a Teen Court Coordinator. She always said, “they were not really bad kids.” Lela helped these youth with their community service to get their charges removed from their permanent records. She loved working for the municipal court and made many lasting friendships with her coworkers. If you met Lela she almost always met you with a smile. She had a loud and charismatic personality. Her daughter would find her in a crowded room by simply listening for that loud contagious laugh. Lela was very helpful and giving. Some of us may have one or at most a few friends from school. However, Lela has numerous friends from all her years in school and church. She was loved and will be greatly missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Rachel Rochelle McCoy, her parents, brother Larry Lee Bell, half brother Roy Jr. Bell, brother-in-law Alex A. McCoy and sister-in-law Mary L. McCoy, husband Marion L. McCoy, and many other beloved family members.

Survivors include her daughter Stephanie Colón and husband Nicholas John Colón of Crowley; grandchildren Brennan Nicholas Colón, Hudson Alexander Colón, and Grayson Anthony Colón along with numerous other relatives and friends.

Family will receive friends 5:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2021 at Moore Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 1, 2021 also at Moore Funeral Home located at 1219 N. Davis Dr., Arlington, TX 76012, with Mike Milburn officiating. Pallbearers are Ansel Brewer, Jimmy Knowles, and Nicholas Colón. Burial will be in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.moore-funeralhome.com for the Mccoy family.