Simon MCCOY and Elizabeth S> GUINN George MCCOY and ALice TOLLEY Edd Carlos MCCOY and Eva Cora HECK Lyle Martin MCCOY and Beatrice PAGE Earl Edward McCOYnand Marvella Jean SMOTHERS Eva Cora HECK Wm Martin HECK and Melissa Jane SINK Jacob SINK and Sarah VANHORN Benton, Ill. - Earl Edward McCoy died on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at the age of 71. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the First Baptist Church of West City with the Rev. Bert Mitchell and the Rev. Mark Minor officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic &?Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Morton &?Johnston Funeral Home in Benton, and after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Earl was born March 14, 1938, in Belle Rive to Lyle and Beatrice McCoy. He owned his own heating and air business, was a retired coal miner and a mechanical genius. Earl was a member of the First Baptist Church in West City and a believer in Jesus Christ. He had a quiet and gentle spirit, was well respected and loved, and will be sadly missed by his friends and family. He is survived by his wife, Jean McCoy; sons and their spouses, David and Annette McCoy, and Steven and Renee McCoy; siblings, Dora McClintock, Margaret Hines, James McCoy and Helen Rusher; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.