Donnel W McCann

1938 ∼ 2012

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Donnel W. McCann, 74, of Orange, died Thursday, November 8, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Darrell Powell, minister of West Orange Church of Christ. Private burial will be at Oak Bluff Cemetery in Port Neches.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home in Orange.

Born in Conroe, Texas on May 14, 1938, Donnel was the son of Donnel Earl McCann and Annie Collins McCann. For 27 years, Donnel was an English teacher and taught at West Orange-Stark ISD for 22 of those years. He also was a member of West Orange Church of Christ.

Preceded in death by his parents and son, Kevin Keith McCann, Donnel is survived by his wife of 40 years, Judith McCann of Orange; daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Mike Baxter of Phoenix, Arizona; and son and daughter-in-law, Heath and Jennifer McCann of Columbia, Missouri.

He is also survived by his grandchildren, Brandon, Marissa and Brooklynn McCann, Sean and Brooke Baxter; sister, Frances Ray; brother, Larry McCann; and sister, Sherry Little.

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Anonymous November 14, 2012

May God bless you with comfort in the coming days. My prayers are with you God Bless##imported-begin##Bonnie Johnson##imported-end##

Anonymous November 13, 2012

We are sorry to hear about the loss of Mr. McCann. He will be missed dearly, you have been great and loving neighbors to our grandparents over the years and have provided the best of memories and help in times of need. Our prayers are most definitely with##imported-begin##The Taylors##imported-end##

Anonymous November 13, 2012

Don was a great person. We loved him so much and Judy. Wish we could have been there. We are praying for Judy and the rest of the family,##imported-begin##Bobby and Peggy Kirkpatrick##imported-end##

Anonymous November 12, 2012

Judy -- We are so sorry that you are having to go through these very difficult days... and the next few weeks. I wish we were closer, but I know you have wonderful friends and a loving family who have enveloped you and who you can lean on. With God's he##imported-begin##Jim Johnson##imported-end##

Anonymous November 12, 2012

Dear Judy, I go back so far in history with you, even to the edge of the cliff, literally, but I knew Don hardly at all. It would have been nice to have shared more time, but most of our trips took us "over" Texas rather than "through" Texas. I was##imported-begin##Diana Johnson##imported-end##

Anonymous November 12, 2012

A memory from 1977.. As a confused teenager, I'd been reading all kinds of self-help books. I asked Mr. McCann if he agreed with the idea that we should "live every day as if it were your last." With an unusual surge from his normal quiet personality, he##imported-begin##Chuck Knipp##imported-end##