The Norman Transcript
July 13, 1998
Annie Lee Pyle McCoy, died July 11 in Norman.
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at McFarlin Memorial
United Methodist Church, with burial at Norman IOOF Cemetery with
the Rev. George Martin officiating. Arrangements are under the direction
of Mayes Funeral Directors.
She was born Sept. 10, 1905, at Celeste, Texas, the daughter of James
Monroe Pyle and Annie Nancy Matthews Pyle.
Her family moved to Oklahoma from Texas in 1918. She graduated from
Fort Towson High School in 1922, received her 62-hour life certificate
from Southeastern State Teachers College in Durant, and a bachelor
of science degree in education from the University of Oklahoma. She was
a member of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in education
for both men and women. She had life membership at the OU Alumni
Association, was a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers as well
as OEA.
She, her two sisters, Ganelle Pyle Raum and Gwendolyn Pyle Miller,
and brother, Coot Pyle, all were teachers in Oklahoma schools. She
taught sixth grade at Jackson Elementary School for several years
and retired from Cleveland Elementary School in 1967. She was fond
of her students and kept in touch with many of them after her
retirement.
She was married to James Stacy McCoy on March 27, 1924. They
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1974 and had been
married for 54 years and four months when he preceded her in death
in 1978. They reared two daughters, Nancy Virginia Sneed and
Joyce Stacy Hetherington.
During World War II, she was the first woman inspector at Boeing
Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kan., serving from January 1942
throughout the war. She was a member of the American Society of
Aeronautical Inspectors.
She had been a member of McFarlin Memorial United Methodist
Church since 1952, and belonged to the Brotherhood Builders Class
where she served as president for two years. She also was a member
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 1118 in
Oklahoma City.
Always interested in Geogaphy, she traveled to Europe, South
America, the South Pacific, Canada and Mexico. She attended
geography class for many years at the senior citizens center
taught by OU professor Dr. Harold Creveling. She also enjoyed
oil painting.
Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Sneed and her husband,
William, of Norman; and Joyce Hetherington of Norman; eight
grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-
grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents;her husband;two
grandchildren; and a son-in-law.
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