Services for E. J. “BUD” COY, 92, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary with the Rev. Jeff Light officiating. Private inurnment services will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Coy died Sunday, Jan. 8, 1995, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.
He was born Nov. 8, 1902, in Scott County, Ark., the son of John and Fay Clover Coy. He had been a resident of Lawrence since 1928. He graduated from Ottawa High School. He worked for the DeSoto State Bank, then worked for the First National Bank in Lawrence for 23 years.
He then went into the real estate business with Warren-Decker. In 1965, Decker-Coy merged and became the Landreth, McGrew and Johnson firm. He was with that firm until his retirement in 1977.
Mr. Coy was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence and at various times was an elder, deacon and treasurer. He was a member Acacia Lodge No. 9 A.F. & A.M., where he held the offices of secretary and treasurer. He was past treasurer of Lawrence United Fund and was a member of University Club and Alvamar Golf Club.
He married Gertrude Wilon Wilson on June 7, 1928, in Lawrence. She died Aug. 9, 1983. He later married Thelma Davison in Portia, Ark. She survives at the home.
Other survivors include a sister, Hazel Toles, Portia, Ark.
The family suggests memorials to the First Presbyterian Church in Lawrence or the American Cancer Society, sent in care of of the mortuary.
--Lawrence Journal-World (KS) - January 9, 1995

Rosemary E. Funston, 69, of Modesto died Wednesday at Evergreen Convalescent Hospital. Mrs. Funston was a native of Scott County, Ark. She lived in Modesto for 12 years. She was a restaurant owner for 24 years. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Tulsa, Okla. She is survived by her brothers, Amos Terry of Ceres, Leon Terry of Salida, Clarence Terry of Meeker, Okla. and Deon Terry of McAlester, Okla. A graveside service is planned for 11 a.m. Monday at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson. Visitation is scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Lakewood Funeral Home, Hughson. --Modesto Bee, The (CA) - January 1, 1994



FORT WORTH, TX - ERMA MC NATT, 85, died Monday at a Bedford hospital.
Funeral: 11 a.m. today at Mount Olivet Funeral Home. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Erma McNatt was born Sept. 8, 1910, in Scott County, Ark. She lived in Fort Worth since 1935. She was a wife and mother and was a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Worth.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 51 years, Cecil O. McNatt, in 1987.
Survivors: Two daughters, June Dalton and Gail Wright, both of Denton; brother, Loy Sessions of Borger; three sisters, Roma Lee Abernathy of Las Vegas, Nev., Desi Bales of Borger and Jean Mitchum of Arkansas; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home   --Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - January 19, 1996



Turlock, CA--Thelma Mae Starling, 85, of Turlock died Tuesday at her home.
Mrs. Starling was a native of Scott County, Ark. She lived in Turlock 35 years. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. She attended Bethel Temple.
She is survived by her children, Barbara McCullough of Turlock and Carl Starling of Denair; a sister, Rita Williams of Salinas; and eight grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at Allen Mortuary. Burial will be at Turlock Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until the service time today at the mortuary.
--Modesto Bee, The (CA) - February 20, 1998