Kathy McCoy McLendon Myers, age 60, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazlehurst after a brief battle with Covid. She was a native of Vidalia, and was a 1979 graduate of Vidalia Comprehensive High School. She was a licensed practical nurse earning a Nursing degree from Southeastern Technical Institute in Vidalia. Kathy nursed at Oxley Park in Lyons, Rogers State Prison, worked in home health care, and was a traveling nurse. She attended the Oasis Church of God. Preceding her in death was her mother, Lou Ellen Beasley McCoy; a brother, Kenneth Warren McCoy; and a brother-in-law, Ricky Odom.
Her family includes two children, Shannon Michael McLendon and wife Tommie, and Kasey Brooke McLendon, all of Vidalia; four grandchildren, Brooklyn Autumn McLendon, Lendon Kyler Chance, Kaiden Cross Chance, and Kasen Kane McLendon, all of Hazlehurst; her father, Cecil Warren McCoy; two brothers, Michael Warren McCoy, Sr., Russell Allan McCoy; one sister, Vicky Ann Odom, all of Vidalia; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 6:00 until 8:00.
A graveside funeral service will be Thursday, September 23rd, at 11:00 a.m. at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Treutlen County with Bishop Gilbert Wommack officiating.