Iveybell "Cookie" Mccann

October 22, 1923 - January 2, 2021

Iveybell “Cookie” McCann, age 97, of Seaford, DE, passed away on Saturday Jan. 2, 2021 at the Manor House in Seaford, DE. She was born in Pamlico County, NC, on October 22, 1923 daughter of the late John Frank and Isabell Rawls Slade. She moved to Valley Lee in Southern Maryland when she was young and grew up working on a tobacco farm. Later as she became of age, she began working at a restaurant on the Patuxent Naval Base. It was there she met her future Husband James “Mac” McCann and they were married on April 25, 1942 in Leonardtown, MD. She lived in several places before settling in Georgetown DE for 40 years. There she was active with Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Tabitha Circle, Republican Women’s Club, and Red Hat Society. She also volunteered at the Cheer Senior Center where she taught exercise classes to seniors and delivered meals to the homebound. She moved to the Manor House in Seaford DE in January 2012 where she could always be seen walking the halls and trails with her “Buggy”. She is survived by four sons, William F. McCann (Linda) of Salisbury, MD, Donald J. McCann of Milton, DE, John L. McCann (Donna) of Salisbury, MD and Henry C. McCann (Bonnie) of Milford, DE; one daughter Ellen M. Evans (Glenn) of Salisbury, MD; 11 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren and 5 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband James J. McCann in 1992, a son Tom in 1995 and six siblings. Due to the Covid Pandemic all services will be private for the family and she will be laid to rest with her beloved husband and son at Union Cemetery, Georgetown, DE. Please sign her online guest book at this site.