Elma Rea McCrary

James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel Elma Rea Hall McCrary, 85, of Marianna died Friday, June 3, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. McCrary was a native and lifelong resident of Marianna. She worked as a bookkeeper for Tri-States Automotive Warehouse for more than 30 years, taught Sunday School at Trinity Baptist Church where she was a longtime, faithful, devoted christian member. She was preceded in death by her father, Henry Elmer Hall and her mother, Octavia Skinner Hall. Survivors include her husband, John J. "J.J." McCrary; two sons, Phil McCrary and wife, Kathy of Marianna; Brett McCrary and wife, Katie of Crestview; one daughter, Rhonda Mead and husband, Mike of Ft. Walton Beach; four sisters, Edna Williams and husband, Hubert Williams, Sarah Williams and husband, Herbert, Mary Melvin all of Marianna; Robbie Williams and husband, James of Jacksonville; four grandchildren, Michael & John Mead of Ft. Walton Beach, Chelsey McCrary of Marianna, A.J. McCrary of Crestview; three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Trinity Baptist Church with Pastor Roland Rabon officiating. Burial will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens with James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel directing. The family will receive friends Sunday, from 2 p.m. until funeral time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Covenant Hospice, 4215 Kelson Avenue, Suite E, Marianna, FL 32446