A funeral service for Aldophus McCoy, 73, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 5, 2023, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Hunter Cemetery in Marshall, Texas. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2023, at the funeral home.

Aldophus was born on January 19, 1950, in Marshall, Texas to the late Mr. Willie B. McCoy, III and Mrs. Margaret L. McCoy and passed away on July 26, 2023, in Marshall.

He attended Marshall Public Schools and during his early ages, he attended the Greater Oak Grove Baptist Church. He married the love of his life, Rosie Jones McCoy and they were together for 49 years.

Over the years he was employed as a school bus driver for Marshall ISD, hauled pulp wood, worked for Coca-Cola Company, was a tree cutter for Asplundh Tree Company and a driver for Johnson Brother's Trucking Company. His hobbies were hunting, fishing, playing dominos and playing cards. Most of all he loved being with his family.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Willie B. III and Margaret L. McCoy; sisters, Virginia Ann Johnson and Carolyn Turner and brother, James Earl McCoy.

He is survived by his children, Antoinette McCoy-Biddle, Patricia (Derrick) Jones, Christopher Jones, Christina (Danny) Leonard, Sabrina Jones, Felicia (Dale) Still, Dallas, Texas, Aldophus Jones, Cedric Jones and Margaret Jones; grandchildren, Jessica McCoy-Duncan, Jasmine McCoy, Marlene Biddle, Nekesha Jones, Cordarius Jones, JaDerick Jones, DaNequa Jones, JaTayvian Simmons, Cameron Hall, Laylah Morrow, Larry Morrow, Jr. and Amaya Morrow; 7 great grandchildren; siblings, Ruth Doris Bryant, Willie Mae Webb, Bobbie Jean Wilks, Joyce (Calvin) Williams, Regina (Joseph) Ford, Annetta "Pam" McCoy, Angela (Willie) Gilmore, Lindell "Tom" McCoy and Willie B. McCoy, II and his best friend Willie (Old Fang) Felder AKA "T-Bone" along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Active pallbearers will be, Willie B. McCoy, II, Calvin Williams, Lindell McCoy, Victor Johnson, George Reece and Stacy Roberson and honorary pallbearers will be, Cedric Jones, Aldophus Jones, Christopher Jones, Dale Still, Derrick Jones and Danny Ray Leonard.