ASBURY PARK -- Willie McKoy, 75, of 1108 Sewall Ave., died yesterday in Martland Medical Center, Newark, after a long illness.

He had been staying with his daughter, Mrs. Helen Powell of 56 Broad St. here.

Mr. McKoy was born in Brunswick County, N.C., and had lived here for 44 years. He was an Army veteran of World War I and was a retired chef at the Buttonwood Manor, Matawan Township. A member of the Mt Pisah Baptist Temple, here, he was predeceased by his wife, Martha McKoy, who died in 1952.

Surviving are three sons, Willie L. McKoy of Germantown, Pa., Douglas McKoy of Oregon and James C. McKoy of Asbury Park; a sister, Mrs. Emma Sutton of Acme, N.C., and 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held today at 1 p.m. in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Temple. Interment will be in White ridge Cemetery, Eatontown, under the direction of the Edward E. Jackson funeral Home, Neptune.

Red Bank Register, Fri., July 18, 1969

ASBURY PARK -- Willie McKoy, 75, of 1108 Sewall Ave., died yesterday in Martland Medical Center, Newark, after a long illness.

He had been staying with his daughter, Mrs. Helen Powell of 56 Broad St. here.

Mr. McKoy was born in Brunswick County, N.C., and had lived here for 44 years. He was an Army veteran of World War I and was a retired chef at the Buttonwood Manor, Matawan Township. A member of the Mt Pisah Baptist Temple, here, he was predeceased by his wife, Martha McKoy, who died in 1952.

Surviving are three sons, Willie L. McKoy of Germantown, Pa., Douglas McKoy of Oregon and James C. McKoy of Asbury Park; a sister, Mrs. Emma Sutton of Acme, N.C., and 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held today at 1 p.m. in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Temple. Interment will be in White ridge Cemetery, Eatontown, under the direction of the Edward E. Jackson funeral Home, Neptune.

Red Bank Register, Fri., July 18, 1969