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Obituary for Ella May Ragsdale McCoy
21 September, 1868 - 3 August, 1930
From The Caldwell News-Tribune,
dated Monday, 4 August, 1930
Contributed by
Dennis McIndoo
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Note- the middle name is spelled differently
depending on which source is looked at. The headstone show Maye,
the Idaho State Death Index show Mae, and the Western States Marriage
Index shows May.
Also - Husband appears to be Thomas Wesley McCoy
AUTO
CRASH
BRINGS DEATH
TO MAE M'COY
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Young Caldwell Woman
Victim of Fatal Collision at
Central Cove Sunday Night
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Another auto tragedy was
registered in Canyon county Sunday evening at about 7:30 o'clock
when Mrs. Mae McCoy, 19, wife of T. W. McCoy, of Caldwell, was
instantly killed as the result of a collision that took place at
what is known as the John Weldman corner of intersecting county made
in the Central Cove district.
Mr. and Mrs.. McCoy were coming from the north when
their car was struck by or collided with, a Ford coupe driven by L.
E. Stone, who conducts a garage at Huston. Mr. Stone was
accompanied by his wife and two children. The McCoy car
overturned.
The body was brought to the Peckham funeral home Sunday
evening. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the Baptist church with the Rev E. H. Gillet in charge
assisted by the Rev. J. W. Kowalk. Interment will be in the
Canyon hill cemetery.
A coroner's inquest was conducted at the city hall in
Caldwell this afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock and continuing until
4:30 at which testimony was given by various witnesses. The
jury consisted of F. E. Feuling, N. C. Gordon, Joe Dickens, J. M.
Walker, E. E. Brooks and W. N. Hollingsworth. The findings of
the jury gave no indication that in connection with the tragedy
there were any elements of criminal responsibility. The
verdict was as follows:
We, the undersigned jurors summoned to appear before
Paul L. Case, Coroner of the County of Canyon, State of Idaho, at
Caldwell, at the City Hall on the 4th day of August, 1930, to
inquire into the cause of the death of Mae McCoy (Mrs. T. W. McCoy)
whose death took place at what is known as Weldman's Corner in
Central Cove District in Canyon County, Idaho, whose body we have
viewed at Peckham's Funeral Parlor and having been duly sworn
according to law and having made such inquisition and inspecting the
body and hearing the testimony adduced upon our oaths each and all
do say:
That we have found that the deceased was named Mae
McCoy, a resident of Caldwell, Idaho; that she died on the 3rd day
of August, 1930 in Central Cove District in Canyon County, Idaho, as
a result of an accident caused by the collision of two automobiles
at said Weldman's Corner.
All of which we duly certify by the inquisition in
writing by us signed this 4th day of August, 1930.
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