Photo courtesy of Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel - Pensacola
Oct 14, 1923 - Jul 7, 2018 (Age 94)
To the family, I'm so very sorry for your lost of your loved one. May the loving support of your family, friends and prayers sustain you through this very difficult time. Isaiah 57:15
K Davis
July 16, 2018 | Cantonment, FL
June, so sad to read of Roger's passing. He was such a fine gentleman. Hope you are as well as can be expected. I enjoyed working with you two over the years.
Gary Cotton
July 15, 2018 | Pensacola, FL
I am sorry for your loss. May your family find comfort in knowing that God does care and he will make you strong. 1 Thessalonians 2:16,17
July 12, 2018 | Phoenix, AZ
My sincere condolences to the entire family regarding the passing of your loved one. I did not know him well, but I did know one of his wonderful children, Roger McCann Jr.
I was one of his teachers at Brentwood Jr.High (middle school later named), We never forget.
Laurie Neeb, (teacher/Band Director)
July 12, 2018
I had the pleasure of working with Roger at DA in the 1980s. He was down-to-earth, kind, and had a great sense of humor. He was well respected and liked. I'm sorry for your loss.
Anne
July 11, 2018 | Pensacola, FL
We are so sorry for your loss. Roger was one of the good guys.
Dr. Don & Glennis Angelo
July 10, 2018 | Cantonment, FL | Acquaintance
Roger Edwin McCann, Sr., 94 of Pensacola passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018. Roger fought a long and hard battle with the dreaded disease Alzheimer’s, but the time has come for him to stop the fight and rest.
Roger was born in Molino, FL on October 14, 1923, he was the first of five children born to Eddie A. and Ada L. (Fischer) McCann. He attended Tate High School, a proudly served our country in US Navy during WWII in the Pacific Theatre. Roger was a Manager-Consultant for better men’s clothing stores in Pensacola. He was a member and Past President of downtown Pensacola Kiwanis Club, and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was a Charter Member of the East Pensacola Lions Club and the North Pensacola Optimist Club.
He was a very compassionate and loving man.
Roger is preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Doris Whitwell; sister Doris Cassady and brother Robert “Bobby: McCann.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, June; three sons, Roger, Jr. (Rebecca), Michael (Brenda) and Sean (Michelle); grandchildren, Jennifer (Mark Darling), Roger, III “Trey”, Garrick and Ryan; great grandchildren, Parker, Greenlee and Grayson Darling, Jackson and Reece McCann and Thomas Robert Beissinger; sister Louise Nicholson; brother, William “Bill” (Ethel); sister-in-law, Martha McCann; numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 10:00am to 11:00am Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel. A Private Family Graveside will be held at Aldersgate United Methodist Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 4300 Bayou Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32503.
The McCann family would like to express a special thanks to Solaris Health Care of Pensacola for their compassionate care of our loved one and family members.
Farewell my love, my husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather until we meet again.
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