Ann McQuaide McElyea

Ann McQuaide McElyea passed to her new life March 10, 2007, surrounded by her family.

She was born May 31,1925, in Vicksburg, Miss. to Henry and Marguerite McQuaide. She married I.C. McElyea in 1945, later having three daughters and one son. She retired from Coca-Cola in 1990 and moved to Jacksonville, reuniting with extended family and friends. She then moved to the Dallas area in 1995 to be with her immediate family and lived there until her death.

Survivors include one son, John McElyea; three daughters and son-in-law, Eve and Bill Tatum, Lynn Brown and Katy Harrell. She proudly had eight grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. She is further survived by brothers, Dr. Henry McQuaide and Larry McQuaide, many nieces and nephews and other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by I. C. McElyea; and her sister, Kay Boyd.

A memorial service will be held in The Chapel at 11 a.m., Saturday March 31, 2007, at St. Jude Catholic Church in Allen.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made online at www.fightblindness.org.
 

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress