Wilbur D McCoy Sr.

Wilbur D. McCoy, Sr., AKA “Medicine Man” was born on November 15, 1933, in Mocksville, N.C; the third but oldest living child of eighteen children to the Late Burden D. McCoy and Lovie J. McCoy. He departed this life on July 11, 2024, at the age of 90. Wilbur attended Carver High School in Winston-Salem, N.C. where he was raised. He stopped school at age 17 in 1950 to join the U.S. Army 11th Airbourne where he served in the Korean War and received an Honorable discharge in 1953. He then returned to High School and graduated in 1955. He also attended Winston-Salem State Teachers College for two years. Wilbur traveled to New Jersey to find a job. He worked at the New York shipyard and then began work at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and lived in Camden, New Jersey with his first wife Eva Mae McCoy and raised their five children. He transferred to Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in the Vroom Building. He attended Mercer County Community College, graduating with an associate’s degree in nursing in 1970 where he was their first male nursing student. He worked at T.P.H. in Med-Surg from 1971-1991. He also worked at Hamilton Hospital as an ER nurse from 1972-2001. He always worked two jobs. Wilbur bought his first motorcycle in 1973 and joined The Wheels of Fire MCC. In 1978 he joined the Cycle Kings MCC where he became a “Lifer” and was their Chaplain. Among being a devoted CK member, he was a member of the Masons and enjoyed road trips, playing pool, fishing, bowling, and playing musical instruments, especially his organ. He was fifteen years old when he was asked to play the base horn for the college marching band. He always encouraged his kids and grandkids to play an instrument. He drove a school bus at age sixteen in Winston-Salem, N.C. Wilbur really enjoyed his Family Reunions but unfortunately passed away before this years’ reunion. Wilbur is predeceased by his parents Burden and Lovie McCoy; three sisters: Margaret McCoy, Alinda Foote Alston and Jacqueline January; five brothers: Marvin McCoy, Wallace McCoy, Derek McCoy, Dixon McCoy, Donald McCoy and one son Wilbur D. McCoy, Jr. Three daughters: twins Faye Yvette Wilson, Fern Odette Wilson-Ram and Pam Ferguson and his first wife Eva Mae Patterson McCoy. Left to cherish his memories are his wife Nancy McCoy of 52 years, his children: Lanyard Staley, Victor Darnell McCoy, Charles McCoy (Ella) Tonya McCoy, Karen McCoy , Darren D’Anthony (Tony) McCoy, Lekisha Powell-Brooks, T. J. McCoy (Stevi), and Megan McCoy. Twenty grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren; two brothers: Stephen McCoy (Stephanie), Bernard McCoy; seven sisters: Anita Anderson, Yvonne Wingfield, Sheila Grisard (Bert), Brenda Hunter (Al), Jerrie Dean, Paula McCoy, Paulette Spencer (George) and a step-sister Lily Henderson; sister-in-law Carol Lopez (Joe), Linda Munter (Mike); and many nieces, nephews, cousins and good friends. And most of all his extended family The Cycle Kings. In lieu of flowers please donate to The American Cancer Society.

Wilbur D McCoy Sr.

November 15, 1933 - July 11, 2024