Obituary of Michael C. McVay

Mike McVay, at the age of 66, went to be with the Lord on June 16, 2020, at his home in Tulsa Oklahoma. He was born May 13, 1954 in Bonham Texas to Merritt and Ella McVay where he attended school. Upon graduation from high school, he married and worked to support his wife and start a family. In 1983, Mike graduated from Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs Colorado with a degree in church music. After graduation, he accepted a position at Burleson Church of the Nazarene in Burleson Texas as the minister of music and associate pastor. Later in life, he and his family moved to Tulsa Oklahoma where they have resided for the past 28 years. He loved singing with family and at the Praise Center in Collinsville Oklahoma, where he attended church faithfully. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. He has been employed with Ramsey Industries for the past 15 years, where he worked with co-workers that he considered to be family. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn of 48 years, his daughter Christi and her husband, Ricky Rose and grandson Johnathan Rose of Tulsa Oklahoma, his son, Michael Jr. and his wife, Sherry also of Tulsa and his sister, Elaine Thompson and niece, Cindy Thompson of Palmer Texas, sister-in-law Debbie Pryor of Tulsa, OK, and nephew Christopher Pryor, sister-in-law Diana and her husband Sean Johnson of Sapulpa, OK and nephew Jesse Jackson and family, niece Jona´ and family, niece Callie Dawn and family, brother-in-law Harold Wayne Graham of Dallas, TX and many cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents, Merritt and Ella McVay and numerous aunts and uncles. He will be loved and greatly missed by all who knew him.