Alicia L. “Janice” (Harness) McCoy passed away April 16, 2025.
Alicia was born Oct. 31, 1939 to Foster and Ada Evelyn (Beaittie) Harness in Maud, OK, one of 13 children and one of the first set of triplets born in Maud, OK, which also included two sets of twins. Janice was raised in Shawnee and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1958. She married Allen Lee McCoy on Nov. 5, 1989 in Ft. Worth, TX and he preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 2013. She was a full-time mother of three sons.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and brothers and sisters; her triple siblings, Joyce Harness and Jeremiah Harness, sisters, Neldean Harness, Maxine Athen, LaVee Birt, Vontella Fawl, Joyce Harness, and Johnnie Rundle; brothers, Dean Harness, and Foster “Joy Harness.
Those left to cherish her memory are her three sons and two daughters-in-law, James Hillis of Yukon, OK, Scott and Eva Hillis of Cape Girardeau, MO and Stacey and Tammy Hillis of Oologah, OK; seven grandchildren, Louden Hillis, Drew Hillis, Adam Hillis, Charles Hillis, Kinley Hillis, Skyler and Blayke Storm and Addison and Chace Wilkins; four great-grandchildren, Hallie Storm, Ryker Storm, Grayton Wilkins and Goldie Wilkins; brother, Bob Harness of Carthage, TX; and other loving extended family and friends; and her beloved dog, Jewels.
Services were held April 22, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Blayke Storm officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park in Shawnee, OK under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
