Martha E. (Marty) McCoy, 82, of Washington Court House, Ohio died Monday, December 31, 2012 at 1:15 p.m. at her residence.
Marty was born September 23, 1930, in Fayette County Ohio to Henry Dean and Rosa Olinger Engle. She was a 1948 graduate of Washington High School and a lifelong resident of this community.
She was an award winning professional photographer and owned and operated McCoy Photography from 1965 until her retirement in 2009. She was a lifetime member of the Professional Photographers of Ohio and the National Photographers Association.
Marty was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Edwina Augustus and a brother, Dean Engle.
Marty is survived by her husband, Glen I. McCoy whom she married on March 30, 1948; a daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Bill Hayward of Bowling Green, OH; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Sherry McCoy of Blue Springs, MO; six grandchildren, Melinda (Chris) Hayward-Hauch of Columbus, Scott (Cheryl) Hayward of Columbus, Ashley (Chris) Collins of Sylvania, OH, Lindsay McCoy of St. Louis, MO, Chase McCoy and Keaton McCoy both of Blue Springs, MO; a great granddaughter, Bentley Collins and a sister and brother-in-law, Charlene and Larry Bishop of Washington Court House.
The funeral will be Friday, January 4, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington C.H. with the Rev. Mick Whistler, pastor at the Grace United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Bloomingburg Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 6-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made Hospice of Fayette Co., Inc., P.O. Box 849, Washington Court House, Ohio 43160.