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John Willie McEachin Jr.
Posted 12/20/06
John Willie 'Sonny Boy' 'Mr. Mac' McEachin Jr., 73 DOVER - John Willie "Sonny Boy" "Mr. Mac" McEachin Jr. of Dover died peacefully Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006, in his home with his family at his side. He …
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John Willie McEachin Jr.
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John Willie 'Sonny Boy' 'Mr. Mac' McEachin Jr., 73
DOVER - John Willie "Sonny Boy" "Mr. Mac" McEachin Jr. of Dover died peacefully Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006, in his home with his family at his side. He was 73.
Mr. McEachin was born Feb. 12, 1933, in Maxton, N.C., son of the late John Sr. and Margie McEachin.
He was a Vietnam War veteran. He served as a supply clerk. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a staff sergeant on March 1, 1975.
He loved to fish and watch wrestling and baseball. He also had a green thumb. He was a "self-appointed" security guard, always looking out for his neighbors.
Mr. McEachin gave his life to Christ on Oct. 23, 2006, under the Rev. Dr. John Bernard Wingate Jr. of the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hartly.
In addition to his parents, Mr. McEachin was preceded in death by his wife, Calanthia McEachin; and a brother, Thaddeus McEachin.
He is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Joyce McEachin, Barbara L. McEachin and Beverly K. and Carl Brown, all of Dover; three sons and three daughters-in-law, Glenn and Moria Brooks of Philadelphia, Dwight and Fiesta Brooks of Milton and Milton and Pyttoroarcha Brooks of Sumter, S.C.; a sister and a brother-in-law, Shirley Lee (McEachin) and David Tyson of Maxton, N.C.; a special sister-in-law, Sandra Muldrew; other brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Bennie Smith Funeral Home, 717 W. Division Street, Dover.
Services will be noon Thursday in the funeral home, where friends may call two hours earlier.
Burial will be in Sharon Hill Memorial Gardens, Dover.