John H. McBride
Published 11:53 am Tuesday, February 8, 2011
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — John H. McBride died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. He was 72.
A Vicksburg native, Mr. McBride was a 1958 graduate of Bowman High School and served in the Army. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Jackson State University.
He was a bank inspector for the Federal Home Loan Bank until 1988 before becoming a home loan officer at Heritage Mortgage Company in Cerritos, Calif. He was a member of Abundant Living Family Church of Rancho Cucamonga, serving with the Sunday school and the Abundant Business Development Ministry.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny McBride and Emma Lee McBride Hunter of Vicksburg; two sons, Antonio “Aldo” McBride and Troy McBride; four sisters, Johnnie Lee McBride Miles, Pearl McBride Love, Mary McBride and Aron Lee McBride Lucas; and two brothers, Howard McBride and James Oliver McBride.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth “Liz” McBride and her four daughters; three brothers, Richard McBride of Chicago, Earnest McBride of Jackson and Vicksburg and the Rev. Eddie L. McBride of Jackson; two sisters, Jerry Dean Evans of Jackson and Willie Jean Hunter of Atlanta; and six grandchildren.
Services were Jan. 29 at Abundant Living Family Church with Pastor Fred Coffee officiating. Burial with military honors was Jan. 31 at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.