Janet Doris McCreary

Janet Doris Nealy McCreary, age 91, formerly of West Palm Beach, Boston, and Atlanta, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2024, in Ocoee, Florida, after a brief illness.

Janet was born July 29, 1932, in Daytona Beach, Florida to the late Altamese Rosetta Perkins of West Palm Beach and the late Arthur Clarence Nealy of New York, New York.

She was a 1950 graduate of Industrial High School in West Palm Beach and attended North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College (now University) in Greensboro.

A homemaker and former civil servant, Janet was preceded in death by her daughter Susan McCreary Platt, husband Robert McCreary, mother Altamese Perkins, father Arthur Nealy, stepson Roderick McCreary; step-granddaughter Stephanie Harrell; aunts Irene Perkins, Leontine Thomas, Willie Lee “Sing” Powell, and Aline Perkins; cousins Eloise Bryant, Logan “Sonny” Bryant, Marian Bryant, Julia Bryant, Zepherlee Young, Claudine Bryant, and Debra Smith of West Palm Beach and Jacksonville.

Janet is survived by her daughter Nancy McCreary of Atlanta, Georgia; Lieutenant Colonel (RET) Randy (Teresa) McCreary of Ocoee; stepdaughters Norma “Jeanette” McCreary Harrell Yeary of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Laconia “Connie” (Leroy) McCreary of Houston; daughter-in-law Carolyn (Roderick) Hagemann McCreary of Ann Arbor, Michigan; grandchildren Felicia and Jordan McCreary of Ocoee; Robert (Bonita) Harrell of Sydney, Australia; Stephen (Jennifer) Harrell of Roxbury; Kaicee Rogers, Jaime Rogers, and Kelli Rogers of Houston; Natosha DiBella and Pearl Schultz of Detroit; Carissa Welton of Ann Arbor; nephew Robert (Nancy) McCreary of Boston; niece Lamurel King of Roxbury; devoted cousins Joan Bryant and Thomas Young of West Palm Beach; Yvonne (Henderson) Smith of Freeport, Bahamas; Victoria (Michael) Shadd-Sutton of Boynton Beach; Marlon Shadd, Rosell Ealy, Arlitia Young, and Leonard (Victoria) Harper of West Palm Beach; and Denise Bryant and Tony Bryant of Jacksonville.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Woodlawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha, Florida 34734; (407) 293-1361. Viewing be on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at 1 p.m., followed by services at 2 p.m. and onsite interment. Condolences may be offered at www.woodlawnfuneralhomegotha.com.