Obituary
On Monday, March 18, 2024, at her residence, our beloved Fannie Bell McCain, quietly departed this life, took her wings, and peacefully joined loved ones already gone to their Heavenly home.
Fannie was born August 25, 1955, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to the late James Lee and Julia Mae McCain. She was a graduate of Dan River High School. Upon graduating, she went to work in Dan River Mills for many years, where she retired from. Fannie later went back into the workplace and was an employee of Unique Industries, where she worked as a picker until her decline in health in 2022.
At an early age, Fannie accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and became a member of the Laurel Grove Missionary Baptist Church, where she served faithful as a member and on the Senior Usher Board until her health declined.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Julia Mae McCain and a nephew, John Stewart, Jr.
Fannie will be missed tremendously by all that knew her.
She leaves to cherish precious memories, a daughter, Millicent Deshazor (Troy); a son, Timmy McCain; four grandchildren, Deja Deshazor, Dedra, Deshazor, Jeremy Deshazor and Assante McCain; one sister, Lillie Mae Stewart (John Henry); five brothers, James McCain (Clarice), Ernest McCain (Katie), Thomas McCain, Edward McCain and Wayne McCain; nieces and nephews that she adored; a host of family and friends.
Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at Laurel Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 3421 Kerns Church Road, Sutherlin, Virginia. Rev. Percy Pass, Pastor,Eulogist. Elder Terrell Payne, Presiding.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
A public viewing will be held Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at J. L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment, 447 Old South Main Street, Danville, Virginia.
The family is asked to assemble at 1:00 p.m. at her daughter’s residence, 127 Martindale Drive, Danville, Virginia, on the day of service.
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