.Effie Gloria McCoy, age 88 of Mt. Olive, AL passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Mrs. McCoy was a graduate of Woodlawn High School and a longtime member of the Central Baptist Church in Gardendale. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother who was very much loved and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, John Franklin McCoy, Jr; parents, Olon Gaines Tucker and Sally Berdie Tucker; brothers, Melvin Tucker, Olon M. Tucker, James D. Tucker, Wilton C. Tucker, and Milton L. Tucker; a sister, Willie M. Garner. She is survived by her daughters, Sandra Faye McCoy and Debra McCoy Wood (Rodney); sons, John Franklin McCoy, III (Sandra), Ricky Gaines McCoy (Alisa), Steven Eric McCoy (Lisa), and Melvin Bradley McCoy; grandchildren, Scot McCoy (Dedra), Chris McCoy (Amy), Tammy McCoy, Kerrie Putman (Ryan), Benji Wood (Amy), Joshua Wood, Lindsay Hughes (Kevin), Jared McCoy (Ashlyn), Adam McCoy (Brook), Erica McGinnis (Noah), And Bailey McCoy; and seventeen great grandchildren; brother, Freddie C. Tucker; and sisters, Mildred L. Bennett, Emerson A. Arthur, and Ella Jane Vaughn; a host of nieces, nephews, and many friends.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Ridout’s Gardendale Chapel at 11 AM with visitation from 9:30 until service time at 11. Interment will follow in Oakwood Memorial Gardens.
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