Brothers & Sisters

Eula Gay Hoy (1897-1987) Lera Mae Hoy (1899-1921) Ollie Hoy (1901-1991) Katie Bell Hoy (1907-1989) Charlie Dee Hoy (1911-1954) Queen Georgia Hoy (1914-1981) Hazel L. Hoy (1916-2000)

Bill Hoy

BUENA VISTA Services for Bill McGee Hoy, 54, retired press operator at ILLS., were at 2 p.m. today at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. James Higdon and the Rev. John Hedges officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Hoy was pronounced dead at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Wednesday after his car ran off Natchez Trace Cutoff Road, hit a tree and overturned, the Highway Patrol said.- He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. He leaves his wife, Geanette Marie Workman Hoy of Buena Vista; a stepson, William E. Stewart of Baton Rouge, La.; five sisters, Ollie Prince, Kate Smith, Queen Webb, all of Camden, Eula Fesmire of Nashville and Hazel Strickland of Buena Vista; and two grandchildren.²

Sources:

1. Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
2. The Jackson Sun, 31 Mar 1978, Fri, Main Edition, Page 11