Ann McKay
Ann Meredith McKay, 86, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at a local health care facility.
Ann was born in Horatio, Ar., to the union of Robert Paul and Dessie Dean Marrs Meredith. The family later moved to Shreveport, La., where Ann earned a degree in medical technology from Centenary College. In 1951, she married Earl David McKay and moved to Chattanooga, then subsequently to Signal Mountain. Ann worked as a medical technologist at Woman's Hospital until the births of her son and daughter. She resumed her career after her children reached adulthood, and she retired from Erlanger Medical Center.
She was a very devoted mother and “Nannie” who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was a seamstress, cook and avid gardener who won many awards for her flower arrangements. She was active in garden, sewing and bridge clubs in her Signal Mountain community.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl David McKay; son, Paul David Meredith McKay; and sisters, Paula Gallien and Theresa Duke Thompson.
Survivors include her daughter, Julie McKay (Stephen) Hunter, of Signal Mountain; daughter-in-law, Emily Winchell McKay, of Signal Mountain; sister, Maralene Pollock, of Lubbock, Tx,; granddaughters, Ellen Meredith McKay (Patrick) Rafferty, of Houston, and Laura Jane McKay, of Signal Mountain; grandsons, David Preston McKay Hunter and Joseph William McKay Hunter of Signal Mountain; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. at Signal Mountain Baptist Church with the Reverend Sally Ensley officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 11:30 a.m. until the time of the service.
Burial will follow at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, where she will be interred with her husband.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 7625 Hamilton Park Dr., Chattanooga, Tn. 37421.
Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.