Feb. 20, 1940 – May 31, 2023
Sallisaw – A Celebration of Life service with full military honors for Howard Clarence Mc-Coy, 83, of Sallisaw, were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2023, in the Sequoyah Memorial Chapel at Forever Memories Funeral Services.
Arrangements were under the direction of Forever Memories Funeral Services. Mr. McCoy was born on Feb. 20, 1940, to Clarence Howard Mc-Coy and Mildred Wilder in Longvale, Calif. He died on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Sallisaw.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, served in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam. He worked as a cross-country truck driver, was an author of the tribal constitution of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California, and a member of the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Rose (Burton) McCoy; children, Ruthie McCoy, Cheryl John, Regina McCoy and Rachael McCoy; and sister-in-law, Pat Todd Catchpole.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Luella and Leola; one brother, Raymond Sheppard; and four daughters, Sofia McCoy, Rogina Valentine, Lisa Fred and Phyllis Razo.
