Coy Estes

June 12, 1951 – March 18, 2018

Coy Estes was a legend. Coy especially loved vintage cars, stock cars, motorcycles and old music.

Coy jumped into everything with both feet. “If you can’t run with the big dogs stay on the porch.” He loved music, cars and “old stuff.” Coy owned and operated a series of second-hand and appliance repair businesses from 1975 until the day he passed. For nearly six decades he played drums for country bands in Washington and Oregon. Coy also loved fast loud cars and pickup trucks. He raced cars at Yakima Speedway, restored old cars and built “rat rods.” He founded a car show in Wilson Creek, Wash. Coy often joked he was a legend in his own mind.

Everything Coy tackled was a success. It was a hard fight, and a constant battle but he always managed to make it work. Coy owned and operated second hand stores most of his life. Coy grew up working with his dad, Ed Estes, who owned 40th Avenue Swap Shop in Yakima. Coy’s life started in Yakima, and took him to North Bend, Ore., Newport, Ore., Salem, Ore. and finally to Moses Lake where he settled 20 years ago.

Coy was preceded in death by the love of his life Carol Hannah; his parents Ed and Marie Estes; his great-aunt Berlys Setzer and his “uncle” JT Bundy. He is survived by his son Jeff Estes; his sister and brother-in-law Marvine and Ronnie Denton and four stepchildren Ron and Peggy Hannah, Glenda and Ren Gunnell, Brenda Hargraves and Cinda and Jim Ransier. He was grandpa to 13 grandchildren Carson, Connor, Ronnie, Meaghan, Maurice, Coy and Kim, Jennifer, Cody, Colby, Paige, Naomi and Jessica and nine great-grandchildren Rory, Holt, Grayson, Brandon, Bryce, Raymond, Marie, Jaxon, Rilie and Dean. He was also an uncle and great-uncle to Amy and Kyle McCubbin, Mikayla and Gabe.

Services will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. May 12, 2018 at McCosh Park, 401 W. Fourth Ave., Moses Lake, Wash. McCosh park’s picnic shelter is under a grove of trees next to a large parking lot. Please bring the vehicles Coy treasured and a lawn chair. Sit back and enjoy great memories and an unofficial car show on a beautiful spring afternoon.