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Submitted: 2/4/24 • Approved: 2/4/24 • Last Updated: 2/7/24 • R253837-G253835-S3
Nancy
Mar. 8, 1931 - May 27, 2010
John
Dec. 28, 1928 - Jan. 29, 2019
Married Feb 18, 1950
Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) - Saturday, May 29, 2010
Nancy Lee McCrary, 79, of Signal Mountain, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010.
She was a founding and active member of Welcome Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. McCrary was preceded in death by her son, John Creed McCrary Jr.; parents, Fred and Cleo Griffith; brother, Marvin Griffith.
Left to cherish her memories husband, John Creed McCrary Sr., of Signal Mountain; children, Joan (Richard) Goss, Katherine (Tom) Priddy, both of Signal Mountain, Patricia (Bill) Almond, of Whitwell, Mary Thomas, Louise (John) Rust, Carolyn (Wayne) Rutherford, Christine (JR) Bowman, all of Signal Mountain, Tony (Elaine) McCrary, of Whitwell; sisters, Mildred Lawson, of Jonesbarrow, Frances Dyer, of Signal Mountain; brothers, Kenneth Griffith, Signal Mountain; 37 grandchildren; 28 greatgrandchildren.
Family will receive friends 9 a.m.-9 p.m. EDT today, May 29, at Welcome Hill Baptist Church.
Funeral Services 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 30, at Welcome Hill Baptist Church in Fairmount Community with the Rev. Eddie Harris and the Rev. Stacey Seals officiating.
Interment to follow at Sawyer Cemetery on Signal Mountain.
John C. McCrary, Sr. age 90 of Whitwell, formerly of Signal Mtn. passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Lee Griffith McCrary; parents, William Judson & Minnie Irene Williams McCrary; son, John Creed McCrary, Jr; sisters, Gladys McFarland, Betty Bolinger, Hattie Ferguson, Mary Ruth Daniels, Minnie Bell Smith, Ella Katherine McCrary; brothers, James “Bud” McCrary, William R. McCrary.
Those left to cherish his memories are children, Joan (Richard), Katherine, Patricia (Bill), Mary, Louise (John), Carolyn (Wayne), Christine, Tony (Elaine); sisters, Ruby Daniel of Rossville, Ga, Dorothy Crawley of Chapperal, New Mexico, Alice Felix of Rainesville, AL; brother Jacob C. McCrary of Chapel Hill, NC; 28 grandchildren; 47 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
Family will receive friends, 3-8PM, Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 10AM-8PM, Thursday, January 31, 2019.
Funeral services will be at 1:30PM, CST, Friday, February 1, 2019 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Gerald Long, Rev. Mike Manning, Rev. Larry Layne, Rev. Jamie Pack, & Rev. James Dotson. Interment at Sawyer Cemetery on Signal Mtn., TN. Pallbearers will be Creed McCrary, Brian Almond, David McCrary, Timmy Thomas, Sam Rutherford, Randy McCrary, Colby McCrary, Tod Brakefield; Honorary pallbearers will be all ministers who worked and worshipped with John since he entered the ministry in 1954.
Contributed on 2/4/24
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