Laura McCoy

Laura Ellen McCoy, 95, of Spring Hill, Florida, formerly of Ashland, Kentucky, passed away Saturday,

January 12, 2019 at her residence. She has gone to her eternal home in heaven.

Laura was born December 13, 1923 in Ashland to the late William E. and Mollie Pennington

Robinson. Mom lived at a time when women were seldom recognized for their accomplishments,

but she was accomplished where it counted. A wartime bride, she worked in a Detroit factory

making armaments, while her husband Harry fought the Axis powers overseas. After the war, she

settled into peacetime life, married to Harry for all the years until his passing in 2005. She was the

proud mother of three cherished sons, and would defend them to the death (although she was not

beyond having us get a dreaded “switch” should we deserve it). She loved to cook, bake, can fruits

and vegetables, tend her rose bushes and vegetable garden, sew and quilt, read, and most of all,

raise her beloved children. And she excelled in all of these pursuits. Yet Mom valued the importance

of education, and she herself followed a nursing career in several occupations as an Occupational

Nurse and Physician’s Assistant. She loved the Lord, and well into her 80s, she was active within her

church, Northcliff Baptist Church in Spring Hill, where she was in the quilting ministry “Threads of

Love,” making lap blankets for those “old folks in the nursing homes.” Old fashioned yet progressive,

spirited yet gentle, and tough as nails (a shared trait among all the Robinson siblings), Mom was one

of a kind. We’ll miss her greatly.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Harry Clifford McCoy; four

brothers James E. Robinson, George L. Robinson, Homer Robinson and John W. Robinson; and

four sisters Amanda (Lucy) Price, Vivian Renfroe, Goldie Holbrook and Opal Yoh.

She leaves behind three sons H. Patrick McCoy and Tim R. McCoy, both of Spring Hill, Florida and

Jeffrey S. McCoy (Nancy) of Union, Kentucky; one sister Lora Rose of Westwood, Kentucky; three

grandchildren Dr. Sean K. McCoy (Angela), Bryce A. McCoy and Seth B. McCoy; along with a host of

extended family and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Caniff Funeral Home in

Westwood with Pastor Ivan Asbury officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Burial Park. Visitation

will be Saturday from 12-2 at the Funeral Home.