John N. McCain passed into the arms of the Lord on Dec. 20, 2020 at El Campo Memorial Hospital. He was 102 years young. He was born in Cuero on Feb. 15, 1918 to Wharton residents, the late Sallie Pearl and Joseph McCain. Â Â
John was a resident of Wharton growing up and a graduate of Wharton High School in 1935. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Master Sergeant in Pattonâs 3rd Army. Upon returning from the war, he married the love of his life, Virginia (nee Cochran) in Rosenberg and they raised their children in West Columbia for 20 years. They then moved to Liberty where they lived for 35 years. John worked as a foreman in the gas pipeline industry for 36 years until he retired in 1986. John returned to live in Wharton in a house he built on the same block where the house he grew up in still stands. He loved to travel and see new places. His children fondly remember how much he loved to serve others. He always looked out for his neighbors
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