The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-01
In Memorlam.

In Memorlam.
John Calvin Mccoy departed this
life November 2Sth, 1886, at the age
Of Y years, under circumstances
calculated to move to tenderness
the hardest heart and bring tears
to eyes unaccustomed to weep. The
circumstances Of his tragic death:
are warning, that those who Were
accustomed, with him, to drink Of
the flowing bowl, and all who have
ever acquired the habit of 'inaalg-
ing their appetite f9Ststrong drink,
cannot afford tosssegatd;s apdare
such.as to excite.1he deel&1t pity
and compisseration of eyA hon
est worker in the TempefSH Ref
ormation; not 6Alyfoh shAd Meas
ed, but ~ t1pSe whs,' IKE Vim,
are, step 1so day by dry,
moving onto t4e Same inevitable,
mournful scenet n
J. c. Mccoy Ad Maryville for his
home, three miles West of town,
about dark on tie 28th ult., evident
ly under the Influence of whisky,
as he frequently had done: He pro-
ceeded on his. way to the old brick
church, within one mile of his
home; and in his attempt to cross
the brook, it is supposed that.he fell
into the water, and, being intoxi-
Gated with , a = miserably
poisonous article OF, whisky,
land benumbed with. cold, was un-
able to get upon his feet, and so lay
with his feet and legs in the water
during the whole Of, that dark
freezing night, and until 8 o'clock
next day, when he was found, by a
friend searching for him, in an uu-
conscious condition, and died in a
View minutes without recognizing
any one or ever speaking again.
Thus the whisky, illegally dis
pensed in MaryvillA, has has noeen the
ldirect and Immediate cause of the
death Of a maj Of more than ordi'
nary intellectdhA ability and an
unusually largeshsart.
I N the estimation of the writer,
there never lived a man of purer
or nebler impulses, and Of quicker
sense of honor and gentility, by
nature, than John Calvin Mccoy
He was, possessed of all the nobler
traits Of character found in weak
humanity, and betrayed few, il
eny, Sf lthas2oW or mean ones. In
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