The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

William ("Bill" or "Billy") McCoy Boggs, 91, of Dayton, WA, left us on Monday, February 8, 2016. His strong will and lasting wit proved no match for a body weakened by heart and lung disease.

He was born February 1, 1925 in Dayton, WA, to Stanley and Ada (Leonard) Boggs. A family-tree, written in perfect penmanship at age 16, listed his "occupation" as school boy, a third generation descendant of families that settled in Columbia County in the early 1880s. He joined siblings Alta, Walter and Lora; later came sisters Leota and Betty.

Bill grew up in the family home on the South Touchet. He atte...