JoAnn McClain, 77, of Waco passed away on Friday, October 12th at a local retirement center. Graveside services will be 11AM Tuesday, October 16th at China Spring Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Andrews officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8PM Monday, October 15th at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend in Waco. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online Guest Book at www.LakeShoreFuneralHome.com.
JoAnn was born on January 25, 1935 and graduated from high school in Canadian, Oklahoma in 1953. She worked at the Melody Home in Ft. Worth for 12 years and, before her retirement, was a switchboard operator for Time Warner in Waco for 39 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church. JoAnn loved to cook and play with her grandchildren. She especially enjoyed watching her grandsons play sports and never wanted to miss one of their games. JoAnn loved cows and collected different kinds of cow memorabilia.
She was preceded in death by three sisters and three brothers.
Survivors include son, Billy Wayne McClain of Houston; daughter, Tina Johnson and husband, Billy of China Spring; grandchildren, Justin Johnson and Cody Johnson, Brandy Burt and husband, Jamey, Brent McClain and Bobby McClain; great-grandchildren, Kaylee Burt, Baylee Burt, Lacee McClain, Rylee McClain and Rodee McClain; brother, Bob Bowman and wife, Evelyn of Canadian, OK; sisters, Betty Allen of Ardmore, OK, Eddie Cadenhead of Ft. Worth, and Margie Rutledge and husband, Bob of Tulsa, OK; and 27 nieces and nephews.