Date of birth: 3 Mar 1919 Brown County, Indiana
Date of death: 30 Jun 1975 Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee
Source: Edinburgh Tri-County Enterprise, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana
ESTAL COY, JOHNNY KOHR
DIE IN CAR-TRUCK CRASH
Estal Ray Coy, 56, of Albany, Ky.,
former Edinburg resident, and his nine
year old step-son, Johnny Kohr, were
killed instantly last Monday, June 30
in a truck-car accident on Interstate
40at Harriman, Tenn., out of Knoxville
when a car traveling in the wrong lane
hit the truck head-on.
The two were trapped inside the
cab. The truck was destroyed by fire
after the crash.
Mrs. Flossie Cook, 500 South
Holland Street, is the mother-in-law
of Mr. Coy and grandmother of the
young boy.
Mr. Coy and Johnny were hauling
produce from Tennessee to Albany, Ky.,
when the accident occurred.
Joint funeral servcies were held
last Wednesday in Albany, Ky., and
burial made at Peolia Cemetery at
Albany.
Coy was born March 3, 1919, in
Brown County, the son of Wilbur and
Flossie Wray Coy who lived on south
Pleasant street in Edinburg. He was
a graduate of Edinburg High School,
owned and operated a grocery store in
Edinburg several years ago and recently
owned and operated a Laundromat on
south Main Street in Edinburgh. He was
married to Billie Alice Sheckles Kohr
and the family moved from Edinburgh
five years ago.
Surviving are the wife; four
daughters, Paula Coy, at home, Linda Coy,
Aspen, Colo., Patricia Coy, Cincinnati,
and Marilyn Coy of Franklin; a son,
Michael Coy of Nashville; a step-son,
Greg Kohr; two step-daughters, Linda
and Deborah.
Also three brothers, Virgil Coy
of Hope; Kenneth Coy, Whiteland, Orville
Coy of Trafalgar; and two sisters,
Pauline Burtis of Columbus and Ardith
Stallsworth of Illinois.
Johnny Kohr was nine years old,
the son of Billie Coy and Earl Kohr,
born March 11, 1966 in Albany, Ky.
Submitted by Mark Wirey
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