The Celebration of Life Service for Mrs. Eugenia West McRoy of Tallahassee, Florida will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. at New Hope Baptist Church, 8620 Georgia Hwy 26 E, Montezuma, Georgia with Pastor Allen Waters, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Eugenia West McRoy was born March 26, 1925, to the union of the late Liones West and Ellis Burnam West in the Five-Points area of Macon County, Georgia. At an early age, she confessed and dedicated her life to Christian belief, joining New Hope Baptist Church. She was among the many who were baptized in the Horse Head Creek. She began her formal school years at the New Hope Baptist Church rural school and graduated in 1943 from the Flint River Farms School. She taught school one year at the Rosenwald School in Houston County, Georgia. Eugenia spent the majority of her life working and raising her family in Jacksonville, Florida. She worked as a nurse’s aide before retiring.
Eugenia decided to return home to Montezuma, Georgia after decades away. Known affectionately as Tuggin, she was "at home" with dear cousins she grew up with and with her younger brother, Hubert, her Mama Kate, and nephew Buddy. She was welcomed home by her family church and enjoyed fellowshipping with relatives, childhood friends, and new acquaintances. Eugenia enjoyed visitors and being Mama to her children, Gramp to her grandchildren, great grands, and great-great-grands, as Auntie to her nieces and nephews, and Cuz to her cousins. Receiving mail was a passion of hers since childhood. She wrote to and counseled incarcerated youth from her Jacksonville community where she served as den mother for years. Eugenia later relocated to Tallahassee, Florida with her youngest son James and family. There she was well taken care of and enjoyed her grandsons and milling about the grounds. Eugenia departed this life on June 25, 2023. She was preceded in death by her children: Jacqueline D. Hall, Gwendolyn D. Tyson, Ulysses “Dickie” Dickson, Jr., Rosalin “Roz” Dickson; and grandson, Auston “AT” Wards, III.
Eugenia leaves to cherish her legacy and memories, her sons: Dr. Kenneth McRoy, Sr., Gregory K. (Ronnie) McRoy, Sr., and James E. (Diedre) McRoy, Sr.; grandchildren: Jeryl Tyson, Sr., Dr. Ronetta Wards, Tanya (James) Hall Smith, Gregory K. McRoy, Jr., Regina (Craig) Summerour, Dr. Cassandra (Leavy) Carter, Tamesha McRoy, Kenneth McRoy, Jr., Christopher McRoy, James McRoy, Jr., David McRoy, Joseph McRoy; brother, Hubert (Ernestine) West, Sr., 22 great grands,7 great-great grands, and a host of sorrowing nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
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