Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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Friends and Family hug outside the church Greater Apostolic Faith Church, in Warren as Lloyd McCoy, the 11-year-old who died in a drive-by shooting, was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon.
WARREN — Lloyd McCoy Jr. was “spoiled,” the only boy with three older sisters.
He played numerous sports, including baseball, basketball and football. He had nearly every video game system available, and could make people laugh at the way he talked.
When one of his older sisters, Chelise McCoy, teased him recently by asking whether his girlfriend would still like him if she knew he sucked his thumb, the 11-year-old replied: “If she don’t like me for who I am, then she can leave.”
The Willard K-8 6th grader was variously known as “Bones,” “Tweet,” and “Coy” — all terms of affection for a boy who was loved by everybody.
“Due to his sensitivity, Lloyd would touch you in places that don’t get touched very often. Obviously I’m not the only one who feels this way,” said Ed Ashcroft, lead principal at Willard, referring to the hundreds of visitors who came to the funeral.
Ashcroft, Chelise McCoy and numerous others spoke at Lloyd’s service Tuesday afternoon at Greater Apostolic Faith Church on Tod Avenue Northwest.
Lloyd was the accidental victim of a drive-by shooting April 13 at the house of his sister across the street from where he lived on Wick Street Southeast. His sister’s boyfriend, Marvin J. Chaney, was also killed. Three men have been charged in the deaths of Lloyd and Chaney.
Lloyd died April 21 in St. Elizabeth Health Center.
“He was a spoiled brat. He got everything,” Chelise said as she stood with one of her sisters, Brittnay McCoy, remembering her brother.
Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com