Ms. Valorie C. McCoy of Pink Hill departed her earthly life on Monday, January 1, 2024. Born on February 14, 1951, she is the daughter of the late Florence Davis Capps.

Left to cherish her memory are her uncle Kenneth K Davis and wife Mary of Clarksville (VA), first cousins Karla Casteen, Deborah Price, Carl Thomas Uzzell Jr., Dr. Suzanne Byrd, Kelly Cook, Kelly Uribe, and Duane Davis; uncle Dan McLaughlin, and Brandi Capps White, sister.

Ms. McCoy was born in Portsmouth, VA and raised in Hamlet, North Carolina. She graduated from Wingate Collage and began her choral music teaching career in Duplin County in the James Kenan High School district.  After a short hiatus to study at NC State, Ms. McCoy came home to the East Duplin and North Duplin districts to teach chorus and general music. As a Duplin County music educator for over 30 years, Ms. McCoy's impact and influence will continue long into the future. Her love for the East Duplin Choruses and Swing Choirs and the Beulaville Presbyterian Church choir and church family will continue to be heard in the musical gifts from the choir loft every week.

Valorie's second love was for dogs of any kind but especially for chihuahuas. Over the years she owned and fostered as many as nine dogs at a time. To love Val was to love her puppies.

In lieu of flowers, Ms. McCoy would smile greatly upon contributions to the East Duplin Choral Music Department. She might even refrain from throwing any shoes from heaven!

Memorial Service:

Sunday, January 7, 2024

2:00 PM

Followed by visitation

Beulaville Presbyterian Church, Beulaville