Individual Details
Oliver Nathan "Bob" MCCOY
(27 Jan 1913 - 18 Sep 1981)
Medical: Peptic ulcer. Alcoholic. In 1972 had a hemi glossectomoy and radical
Social Security Death Index gives birth date and death month and year. Last residence was Monterey, Monterey Co., CA. SSN 571-07-8831.
Sherry and Pat knew him as "Uncle Bob". Mike told them that Oliver worked in the canneries in Monterey.
Sherry has a newspaper article headed "Man is Run Over By Train: 'I wasn't About to Raise Up' FRESNO - Police investigated a call from a Southern Pacific crew Wednesday that a man had been run over by a train near downtown Fresno.
Officers found Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, lying between the tracks. He was alive and not even scratched.
They asked if he was run over by a rain.
"Yes," he said. "When I seen that train comin' I wasn't about to raise up."
McCoy was booked at county jail on drunkenness charges"
This was probably in the Visalia paper, but the copy isn't marked as to exact date or place.
Other articles say:
"Fire Burns Chair - Fire damaged an over-stuffed chair yesterday in the home of Mrs. Luane Miller at 1101 N. Stevenson. Visalia Fire Chief Walter A. Wood said the fire probably started when a cigarette dropped into the chair. There was no other damage to the dwelling, the chief reported."
"Visalian is Booked After Auto Accident" - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, of 1101 N. Stevenson St., was booked at the Tulare County jail Tuesday night on suspicion of drunk driving after he was involved in a property-damage accident on W. Grove St.
Police said Nathan was driving west on Grove when he ran into a legally parked car at 504 W. Grover St. owned by J. J. Rose."
"Drunk Driver Gets Jail Sentence - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, 1101 N.Stevenson St., pleaded guilty to drunk driving with one prior conviction yesterday in the Visalia 'Judical' District Court.
McCoy was arrested Tuesday night after he ran into a parked car owned by J. J. Rose.
He was sentenced to a mandatory five day term in jail, imposed because of his one prior offense and at the termination faces 80 days in jail or a payment of $420. McCoy's license was suspended for one year.
R. P. Lucas was the acting judge."
"Visalia Driver Draws Sentence - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, of 1101 N.Stevenson, was sentenced to 30 days in jail here Thursday on a conviction of driving Aug. 13 after his license was revoked.
McCoy pleaded guilty.
Judge Noel McDermott of the Visalia Judicial District Court ruled that the sentence shall be concurrent with an 80-day sentence ordered Aug. 16 in the same court on a conviction of drunken driven with a prior offense."
Oliver, on and off, lived with LaWayne.
Social Security Death Index gives birth date and death month and year. Last residence was Monterey, Monterey Co., CA. SSN 571-07-8831.
Sherry and Pat knew him as "Uncle Bob". Mike told them that Oliver worked in the canneries in Monterey.
Sherry has a newspaper article headed "Man is Run Over By Train: 'I wasn't About to Raise Up' FRESNO - Police investigated a call from a Southern Pacific crew Wednesday that a man had been run over by a train near downtown Fresno.
Officers found Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, lying between the tracks. He was alive and not even scratched.
They asked if he was run over by a rain.
"Yes," he said. "When I seen that train comin' I wasn't about to raise up."
McCoy was booked at county jail on drunkenness charges"
This was probably in the Visalia paper, but the copy isn't marked as to exact date or place.
Other articles say:
"Fire Burns Chair - Fire damaged an over-stuffed chair yesterday in the home of Mrs. Luane Miller at 1101 N. Stevenson. Visalia Fire Chief Walter A. Wood said the fire probably started when a cigarette dropped into the chair. There was no other damage to the dwelling, the chief reported."
"Visalian is Booked After Auto Accident" - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, of 1101 N. Stevenson St., was booked at the Tulare County jail Tuesday night on suspicion of drunk driving after he was involved in a property-damage accident on W. Grove St.
Police said Nathan was driving west on Grove when he ran into a legally parked car at 504 W. Grover St. owned by J. J. Rose."
"Drunk Driver Gets Jail Sentence - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, 1101 N.Stevenson St., pleaded guilty to drunk driving with one prior conviction yesterday in the Visalia 'Judical' District Court.
McCoy was arrested Tuesday night after he ran into a parked car owned by J. J. Rose.
He was sentenced to a mandatory five day term in jail, imposed because of his one prior offense and at the termination faces 80 days in jail or a payment of $420. McCoy's license was suspended for one year.
R. P. Lucas was the acting judge."
"Visalia Driver Draws Sentence - Oliver Nathan McCoy, 48, of 1101 N.Stevenson, was sentenced to 30 days in jail here Thursday on a conviction of driving Aug. 13 after his license was revoked.
McCoy pleaded guilty.
Judge Noel McDermott of the Visalia Judicial District Court ruled that the sentence shall be concurrent with an 80-day sentence ordered Aug. 16 in the same court on a conviction of drunken driven with a prior offense."
Oliver, on and off, lived with LaWayne.
Events
| Birth | 27 Jan 1913 | Springville, Tulare Co., California |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Exeter Twp., Tulare Co., CA, ED 202 Sh 4B; Oliver N. McCoy, son, 6 (1913), born CA both parents born CA. | |||
| Death | 18 Sep 1981 | Squamous cell carcinoma with metastases for 9 years. - Monterey, Monterey Co., California | | ||
| Burial | 23 Sep 1981 | Exeter, Tulare Co., California | |||
| Reference No | 188 |
Families
| Spouse | Neva Stokes MOORE ( - ) |
| Spouse | Irene Lena RICE (1917 - 1962) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Robins Barney MCCOY (1874 - 1947) |
| Mother | Veda Zara DILLON (1892 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Baby MCCOY (1914 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Zylpha Loraine MCCOY (1917 - 1984) |
Endnotes
1. Veda McCoy, Family group sheet.
2. 1920 Census, Tulare Co., CA, Vol 132 Sheet 4 Dist 202.
3. Oliver Nathan McCoy Death Certificate, Reel 25 page 357.