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D. Gene McClain

D. Gene McClain

April 8, 1936 - April 18, 2019

Denison

Gene McClain of Denison passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 83, on Thursday, April 18, 2019.
Gene was born in Oklahoma on April 8, 1936, the son of Mont and Montie (Barnes) McClain.
He graduated with his Master’s Degree in Education from East Central State College in Ada, OK. Gene was a member of Mirick Avenue Church of Christ.
He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Julia McClain of the home; his children, Stephen McClain and his wife, Angie, Holly Rice and her husband, Kenny, Cynthia Stagner, Lisa Griffin and her husband, Larry all of Denison, Michael Barnett, Sharon Edwards and her husband, George all of Pottsboro and Lori Dee and her husband, Kenny of Rowlett; brothers, Richard McClain and his wife, Leta Rae of Pauls Valley, OK and Don Williams of Jewett, TX; grandchildren, Caitlin Williams (Kelly), Crystal McClain, Emily Hale (Savannah), Auburn Hale, William Stagner, Brandon Bullard (Tena), Amanda Morgan (Brian), Samuel Dee, Stuart Barnett (Karen), Nicholas Edwards and Mallory Smith (Neal). Gene will also be remembered by his 10 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and numerous past students of Denison ISD.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Carol Adams and grandson, Chase Randall McClain.
Gene began his teaching career in 1959 serving 7 years in Oklahoma before moving to Denison and completing 37 years for DISD. He retired from the school system and decided to pursue a career with the Department of Criminal Justice at the Buster Cole Unit in Bonham, TX as a correctional officer. He served 10 years and decided to finally give up the workforce life and devote his time to his wife and family. Gene was a loving man full of knowledge, advice, humor, kindness and most of all will be remembered by the most heartfelt hugs a person could get.
Family visitation will be 4-5 p.m. Sunday at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2019 at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home with Brother George Edwards officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Serving as his pallbearers will be: Kelly Williams, Nick Edwards, John Barnett, Neal Smith, Stuart Barnett, Sam Dee, William Stagner and Brandon Bullard.
The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to Heart to Heart Hospice, (Donelle RN, Sharon CNA, Beddie CNA, Chaplain Bryan and Susan MSW).
Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Moore Funeral Home in Denison.
Condolences may be registered to: www.johnsonmorrefuneralhome.net.

In loving memory

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Visitation

Date: Sunday, April 21, 2019
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Johnson-Moore Funeral Home

Interment Service

Date: Monday April 22, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Fairview Cemetery

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  • Lydia White

    says:

    Mr. McClain was my 9th grade English Teacher. He was one of the first caucasian teachers that I felt comfortable being taught in his class fairly. He helped to build my confidence in my ability to learn. I kept that confidence through high schoool and college. What a nice man! May God bless his family and friends. Lydia White Fort Worth, Texas FWISD Educator

  • Holly D. Rice

    says:

    This is for you Daddy. I have loved you my whole life. I wanted so much to be like you when I grew up. You were always such a gentle giant in my child-like eyes with those huge hands that could wipe away all my tears at the worst moments of my life. You always listened when I would pour my heart out to you. When I became an adult, I appreciated so much that you would talk to me and treat me like another adult. That was precious to me, cause you were the “only one” who did. Whenever mom would get mad at me, she’d say, “You remind me of your father.” She had no idea, but that was the greatest compliment she could have ever given me. Even when mom and I used to be close through the years, I knew in my heart I didn’t want to be like her. I didn’t want to raise my kids like she did me. You were always at peace with yourself and knew who you were. I wanted to be like that sooooooooo much..and I am now, but it took a long process to get there. I miss you so much already. It’s not fair. I will miss your stories and how captivated you would have me when telling me about a movie you saw from beginning to end. When I finally did see the movie, it was familiar to me, but you never ruined it for me. I treasured it that much more because now the movie was connected to you forever in my memory. I will miss the times, when as a child, I would ask you to cut my corn off the cob and to cut up my eggs so that they looked just like yours. I will always treasure the Crayola lip glosses you surprised me with when you came home from work when I was little. The red Crayola smelled like strawberries and my favorite one, the brown one, smelled like chocolate. It was really hard to keep from eating it. I loved the time when mom said I couldn’t leave the table till I at least took one bite of the liver she cooked. It felt like forever sitting there. Then you stood up for me and said, “Leave her alone. She doesn’t have to eat it.” I remember our cross-country road trip to Oregon to see my grandparents and the games you and I would play and the songs we sung together in that station wagon. I also remember writing a report about that road trip for my English class in high school and the teacher took off points on my paper cause she said there was no way we could have made it to Oregon in three days. I told her that my Dad kept a logbook of all the gas receipts, mileage on the station wagon, the restaurants we ate at and the hotels we stayed at and that I could prove it with everything you documented for our trip. Needless to say, she readjusted my grade. Ha!! Don’t mess with my Dad!! I loved the times when you drove the school bus and would let me ride along. I was so proud to be your daughter. I will, with utmost fondness, never forget all the times we would be sitting at the dinner table. Things would go quiet, until a smile started spreading across your face, and you would lightly laugh, then start to chuckle, and then your face would turn so red from laughing so hard. It was so contagious that we had tears coming down our faces from laughing so hard and we didn’t even know what we were laughing about. After you finally caught your breath, then you would tell us what turned over your gigglebox. Then we would start laughing all over again. One more thing Daddy…I will never forget that one Christmas break when we lived in the Gandy house. I caught the chickenpox the first week and Steven caught them the second week. You cut posterboards up and would draw pictures for us to color with that impressive collection of markers you had. We got on Steven’s bunk beds and would color for hours while being in our undies and being covered from head to toe in calamine lotion. I love you Daddy and I can’t wait to see you again in the Resurrection where you will be young again, not sick, and no bad memories. I love you! Rev.21:3,4

  • The Loyds

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    The Loyds purchased the Emerald Garden Basket for the family of D. Gene McClain.

  • Suzanne McClain Atwood

    says:

    A gentle man with a teddy bear hug, my Uncle Gene was intelligent, thoughtful, contemplative and kind. When my dad and he got together, his smile would light up the room, admiration showing for his “little brother”. My granny had her hands full with those two smart boys! May he rest peacefully.

  • Theresa Richardson Barnett

    says:

    Sending love and prayers to you all. Joey and Theresa Barnett

  • Charlyne Gage

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    Lit a candle in memory of D. Gene McClain

  • Jane Cadoret

    says:

    I worked with Mr. McClain for several years at the Cole Unit. He always had a joke and a smile. He was a wonderful, memorable man.

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