Elizabeth Deal McKanna
November 23, 1919 - June 4, 2015
Statesboro, Georgia
Mrs. Elizabeth Deal McKanna, age 95, died Thursday evening, June 4, 2015, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice House in Statesboro.
Elizabeth was born in Bulloch County in 1919 to the late Horace B. and Dicia Allen Deal. She graduated from Westside School in 1938 and moved to Ohio, where she resided with her sister until 1950. Returning to Bulloch County she began a 26 year career with Cari Classics in Portal, as a seamstress.
She had a love for gardening, especially growing and caring for her flowers at her home in Portal. Her greatest love was that of her family. She enjoyed many years of cooking and caring for them. She had been a resident of Eagle Health and Rehab for several years where her care for others continued, as she thought she needed to help care for other residents as well as her flowers and vegetables that she potted.
Elizabeth was a long-time member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church where she loved the time spent fellowshipping with her church family.
Mrs. McKanna was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Willis McKanna and a son Terry McKanna.
Surviving are a son, Al McKanna of Statesboro; two daughters-in-law, Jo Mikell McKanna and Betty McKanna of Statesboro; three grandchildren, Cindy Ann Lowe and husband Shannon, Mark McKanna and Misty Lynn McKanna all of Statesboro; two great grandchildren, Maddison McKanna and Emma Grace Lowe; a sister, Lillian Petty of Statesboro and a sister-in-law, Christine Newton Deal of Statesboro. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive visitors from 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Saturday at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:00pm at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating.
The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dayton Allen, Mark McKanna, Sammy Deal, Carson Deal, Jarod Akins and Dwain Deal.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 210 Jonathan Road, Statesboro, Ga. 30458 or Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga., 30459.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
November 23, 1919 - June 4, 2015
Statesboro, Georgia
Mrs. Elizabeth Deal McKanna, age 95, died Thursday evening, June 4, 2015, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice House in Statesboro.
Elizabeth was born in Bulloch County in 1919 to the late Horace B. and Dicia Allen Deal. She graduated from Westside School in 1938 and moved to Ohio, where she resided with her sister until 1950. Returning to Bulloch County she began a 26 year career with Cari Classics in Portal, as a seamstress.
She had a love for gardening, especially growing and caring for her flowers at her home in Portal. Her greatest love was that of her family. She enjoyed many years of cooking and caring for them. She had been a resident of Eagle Health and Rehab for several years where her care for others continued, as she thought she needed to help care for other residents as well as her flowers and vegetables that she potted.
Elizabeth was a long-time member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church where she loved the time spent fellowshipping with her church family.
Mrs. McKanna was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Willis McKanna and a son Terry McKanna.
Surviving are a son, Al McKanna of Statesboro; two daughters-in-law, Jo Mikell McKanna and Betty McKanna of Statesboro; three grandchildren, Cindy Ann Lowe and husband Shannon, Mark McKanna and Misty Lynn McKanna all of Statesboro; two great grandchildren, Maddison McKanna and Emma Grace Lowe; a sister, Lillian Petty of Statesboro and a sister-in-law, Christine Newton Deal of Statesboro. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive visitors from 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Saturday at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:00pm at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating.
The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dayton Allen, Mark McKanna, Sammy Deal, Carson Deal, Jarod Akins and Dwain Deal.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 210 Jonathan Road, Statesboro, Ga. 30458 or Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga., 30459.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Elizabeth Deal McKanna
November 23, 1919 - June 4, 2015
Statesboro, Georgia
Mrs. Elizabeth Deal McKanna, age 95, died Thursday evening, June 4, 2015, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice House in Statesboro.
Elizabeth was born in Bulloch County in 1919 to the late Horace B. and Dicia Allen Deal. She graduated from Westside School in 1938 and moved to Ohio, where she resided with her sister until 1950. Returning to Bulloch County she began a 26 year career with Cari Classics in Portal, as a seamstress.
She had a love for gardening, especially growing and caring for her flowers at her home in Portal. Her greatest love was that of her family. She enjoyed many years of cooking and caring for them. She had been a resident of Eagle Health and Rehab for several years where her care for others continued, as she thought she needed to help care for other residents as well as her flowers and vegetables that she potted.
Elizabeth was a long-time member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church where she loved the time spent fellowshipping with her church family.
Mrs. McKanna was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Willis McKanna and a son Terry McKanna.
Surviving are a son, Al McKanna of Statesboro; two daughters-in-law, Jo Mikell McKanna and Betty McKanna of Statesboro; three grandchildren, Cindy Ann Lowe and husband Shannon, Mark McKanna and Misty Lynn McKanna all of Statesboro; two great grandchildren, Maddison McKanna and Emma Grace Lowe; a sister, Lillian Petty of Statesboro and a sister-in-law, Christine Newton Deal of Statesboro. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive visitors from 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Saturday at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:00pm at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating.
The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dayton Allen, Mark McKanna, Sammy Deal, Carson Deal, Jarod Akins and Dwain Deal.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 210 Jonathan Road, Statesboro, Ga. 30458 or Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga., 30459.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
November 23, 1919 - June 4, 2015
Statesboro, Georgia
Mrs. Elizabeth Deal McKanna, age 95, died Thursday evening, June 4, 2015, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice House in Statesboro.
Elizabeth was born in Bulloch County in 1919 to the late Horace B. and Dicia Allen Deal. She graduated from Westside School in 1938 and moved to Ohio, where she resided with her sister until 1950. Returning to Bulloch County she began a 26 year career with Cari Classics in Portal, as a seamstress.
She had a love for gardening, especially growing and caring for her flowers at her home in Portal. Her greatest love was that of her family. She enjoyed many years of cooking and caring for them. She had been a resident of Eagle Health and Rehab for several years where her care for others continued, as she thought she needed to help care for other residents as well as her flowers and vegetables that she potted.
Elizabeth was a long-time member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church where she loved the time spent fellowshipping with her church family.
Mrs. McKanna was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Willis McKanna and a son Terry McKanna.
Surviving are a son, Al McKanna of Statesboro; two daughters-in-law, Jo Mikell McKanna and Betty McKanna of Statesboro; three grandchildren, Cindy Ann Lowe and husband Shannon, Mark McKanna and Misty Lynn McKanna all of Statesboro; two great grandchildren, Maddison McKanna and Emma Grace Lowe; a sister, Lillian Petty of Statesboro and a sister-in-law, Christine Newton Deal of Statesboro. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive visitors from 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Saturday at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:00pm at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder John Scott officiating.
The body will lie-in-state one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dayton Allen, Mark McKanna, Sammy Deal, Carson Deal, Jarod Akins and Dwain Deal.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 210 Jonathan Road, Statesboro, Ga. 30458 or Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga., 30459.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
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