The Worthington Times

Charles McCoy passed away Saturday morning and information on the memorial service has been added in the Obituaries. 

During his grade school years, Charles lived on a farm east of Worthington and he attended the old White School which stood next door to the Union Valley Church of God.

Charles was a local history buff and what a memory he had!  Over the years, he had given many tidbits of information to the Times for the history page.

This past summer, it was Charles who told me about going to school with Alfred Livingston and was able to remember the ditties that Alfred would recite on their walks through the cornfields on the way to school.  He also told about meeting Alfred near the bridge shortly before Alfred left to enter the Navy and then on to Pearl Harbor.  All of these memories from Charles were used in writing the Horatio at the Gate story about Alfred and in other coverage of Alfred's return to Worthington.

Condolences to the McCoy family - Charles and Alta Mary will not be forgotten by those who knew this wonderful couple.