Barry Wayne McCovey, Sr. was born in Eureka, CA on September 26, 1954 to Julia Ann and Stanley Floyd McCovey, Sr. He began his journey to the other side on May 20, 2016. Barry Wayne was one of the Beautiful People – upriver and downriver. Yurok, Karuk and proud, he spent his life living in both places. While he had a Panaminik heart, he chose to raise his children downriver, across from Sa’a near Kepel, in a house above the Klamath River.
Barry Wayne McCovey, Sr. was born in Eureka, CA on September 26, 1954 to Julia Ann and Stanley Floyd McCovey, Sr. He began his journey to the other side on May 20, 2016. Barry Wayne was one of the Beautiful People – upriver and downriver. Yurok, Karuk and proud, he spent his life living in both places. While he had a Panaminik heart, he chose to raise his children downriver, across from Sa’a near Kepel, in a house above the Klamath River.