OXFORD For Neal S. McCoy, of Oxford, the lessons he learned in his one-room
Kansas schoolhouse became the foundation for a life defined by a highly
successful career in the law, a lifelong affection for the Flint Hills and tall
grass prairies of his home state and for the waters of the Chesapeake Bay where
he loved to sail.
But most dear to him was his wife of 30 years, Catherine Collins McCoy. Born
Nov. 22, 1940, in Winfield, Kan., he died peacefully at his home in Oxford on
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, from complications due to cancer.
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