Roy Edward McCay, age 85 of Springfield, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM in the Oakhurst Chapel of Robertson County Funeral Home with Rev. Betty Shaver and Rev. Timothy Sprouse officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Cemetery in Adams with Brouck Moore officiating and Bradley Treadway, Greg Larzelere, Brouck Moore, Nicholas Payne, Alex Payne, and Greg Brock. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 10 AM until the time of service.
Mr. McCay was born May 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL to the late Mike Edward and Erma Lentner McCay. He was a member of Red River Assembly of God and was a retired heavy equipment operator in steel manufacturing. He enjoyed playing cards at the Robertson County Senior Center. He was a good husband, father, and Papa and he loved his family dearly and enjoyed being with them. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Marilyn Sue McCay and Peggy McCay, and sisters, Marge Cobb and Jackie Harper.
Surviving him are daughters, Wendy Sue Sprouse and husband Timothy of Smithland, KY and Nancy Gail Treadway and husband Bradley of Hopkinsville, KY; sons, Dwayne Edward McCay of Louisiana and Jason Roy McCay of Niles, MI; sisters, Edith Graves of Hammond, IN and Betty Farner of St. Johns, MI; step-daughter, Mandy Ralph of Springfield; grandchildren, Melissa Sprouse, Tiffany Moore, Bradley Treadway, Jr., Michael McCay, Amanda McCay, Bethany Treadway, Nicholas Payne, and Alex Payne; and six great grandchildren.
The family request, if so desired, for memorial contributions to be made to either the Alzheimer’s Association or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. All donations can be sent c/o Robertson County Funeral Home.
Arrangements entrusted to Robertson County Funeral Home.
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This obituary was published by Robertson County Funeral Home.
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