Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MCCRORY, JOHN PATRICK August 30, 2017 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GINA BROWN rootsgirl36@gmail.com November 18, 2017, 1:16 pm News Star World - September 03, 2017 JOHN PATRICK MCCRORY John Patrick "Pat" McCrory passed away suddenly while at work this past Wednesday at the age of 57. Pat was born December 31, 1959 in Pensacola, Florida. He graduated from Gulf Breeze High School and then attended Faulkner Junior College on a track scholarship. He finished at the University of Alabama in finance. At Alabama he was a member of the TKE fraternity. He then married and moved to Melbourne, Florida. In 1994 he relocated to Monroe, Louisiana where he cared for his mother after his father's passing. Pat was an avid gardener and spent much of his time volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House. He was preceded in death by his father, Vernon "Bodie" McCrory, publisher at the News Star World in Monroe and his mother, Helen H. McCrory, registered nurse, as well as his younger sister, Tracy McCrory Council, social worker. He is survived by a sister in Birmingham, Al., Susan McCrory Carse, brother in law, Craig Carse and niece Mallory Council. A graveside service will be held for family and friends at the Pensacola Memorial Gardens located at 7433 Pine Forest Road, Pensacola, Florida, 32526, at noon on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Memorials may be made to the "Vernon W. McCrory Scholarship Chair" at the University of Louisiana, Monroe. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com. Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/m/mccrory6527nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb