Obituary for W. R. McCary, Talladega, AL http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/talladega/obits/m/mccrary.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: June E. Tuck <1224be@neto.com> ================================================================================ October 2002 Hopkins Co. TX - Obit for W. R. McCary W. R. McCary, former well-known citizen and business man of Sulphur Springs, died Wednesday morning at his home in Talladega, Alabama, following a stroke of paralysis. He was 75 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons, Marshall McCary, banker of New York, and Earl McCary, business man of Talladega. His wife was Miss Ellen Vaughan, sister of J. T. Vaughan of Sulphur Springs. Mr. McCary and his brother, Dan McCary, were in business here forty years or longer ago. Their first store stood where the present courthouses now stands. They later moved across the public square to the old Ward Gober store. They left here in 1888 or 1890, moving to Alabama where they continued to live. (Hopkins County Echo, Feb. 23, 1934)W.R.