Memorials, 0713 ALBJ, 74 The Alabama Lawyer 254 (2013)
| Author | Marvin McCoy Davidson, Jr. C. Drew Demaray John Smiley Key |
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\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Marvin McCoy Davidson, Jr. was born in Powderly, Alabama March 20, 1925, the son of an attorney who later went into the ministry and served as pastor of First United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa from 1933-1937. He died December 13, 2011 at age 87.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0At the age of 18, and after one semester at the University of Alabama, McCoy joined the United States Army, was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division and left for England in January 1944. On June 6, 1944, McCoy and his unit landed on Utah Beach in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, fought through the hedgerows to win Cherbourg, liberated Paris, fought through the Hurtgen Forest, survived the Battle of the Bulge, and eventually entered Berlin to meet the Russians. He was awarded four Bronze Stars for meritorious service during World War II, returned to the United States Army in 1952, served another 15 months in Germany on the Russian border and received another Bronze Star for exemplary service.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0After McCoy received his L.L.M. degree from the University of Alabama in 1950, he opened a solo practice and supplemented his income by operating a trash collection business. In the early part of his career, he handled both civil and criminal matters. He eventually developed an insurance defense practice, representing clients in a wide variety of lawsuits, including medical, legal and other professional liability cases.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0McCoy was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He also served as president of the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association in 1958 and was a member of the American Bar Association, the Federation of Insurance Counsel, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Tuscaloosa County Inns of Court. McCoy practiced law in Tuscaloosa County for more than 50 years, and was previously honored by the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association as a pillar of the bar.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0McCoy was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church, taught the Lee Sunday School class for 25 years, served...
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