Mary Lillian McCoy

1912 - 1950  (38 years)

• Name	Mary Lillian McCoy
  Birth	9 Jun 1912	Pocahontas Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Jul 1950	Okeechobee, Okeechobee Co., FL   [2, 3]
  	Cause: drowning
  Burial	16 Jul 1950	Amwell Baptist Church Cemetery, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  Person ID	I18106	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Burley Wilson Crane,   b. 27 Jul 1908, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 12 Jan 1986, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1932	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Children	1. James Lee "Jim" Crane,   b. 12 May 1933, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 27 Jun 2002, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 69 years)   2. Jane Lorena Crane,   b. 12 Jun 1934, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 May 2005, Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC (Age 70 years)   3. Charles Wilson "Charlie" Crane, Sr.   4. Ada Ruth Crane
  Family ID	F6250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 15 May 1932 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Burial - 16 Jul 1950 - Amwell Baptist Church Cemetery, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Daily Mail, 13 July 1950 Rupert Woman, 37, Drowns in Florida OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (AP) - Mrs. Lillian Crane, 37, of Rupert, W.Va., drowned in Lake Okeechobee Wednesday night. Her daughter, Jane, 16, was saved by Roy Williams, 16, of Okeechobee, who witnessed the tragedy. Williams said Mrs. Crane and her daughter were wading in the big lake near Hurricane Dyke No. 6 about a mile east of Okeechobee when they stepped into a hole about 20 feet deep. Neither was able to swim. Williams brought the daughter to safety but said he could not reach Mrs. Crane after he saw her go down. Mrs. Crane and her family were visiting her father, E. K. McCoy of Okeechobee. She is survived by her husband, J. L. Crane; two sons, James, 17, and Charles, 10, and another daughter, Ana Ruth, 7. The Charleston Gazette, 15 July 1950 CRANE, Mrs. Lillian McCoy - 38, of Rupert, was drowned Wednesday night while vacationing at Okeechobee, Fla. Surviving are her husband, Burley W. Crane; two brothers, Wilson McCoy of Rainelle and Harmon McCoy of Rupert; two sisters, Mrs. Elden Smith of Charmco and Mrs. Boyd Frazier of Charleston; two sons, James and Charles, both at home; two daughters, Jane and Ruth, both at home; and her father, E. K. McCoy of Florida. Service will be in Amwell Baptist Church at Rupert at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Rev. Joe E. Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Amwell Cemetery under direction of Nickell Mortuary of East Rainelle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S551] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 12, page 11 (Reliability: 3). [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette. [S494] Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Florida Death Index 1877-1998, (Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.).