"Therefore you too have grief now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your Joy."

John 16;22

Kenneth "Big Mac" McElroy was born September 30, 1951, in Ouachita County to the late L. G. and Earsie McElroy. He graduated from Hampton High School in Calhoun County.

He was a lifetime Truck Driver, local and cross country. One of his first jobs was cleaning out tanks. Well, one day he fell asleep in the tank and was shipped from East Camden to Bearden before he awaken. He told everyone that was not the job for him. He was a truck driver ever since.

He was united in marriage to Mary Alice Bush, to that union one son was born. He later married Rosiland Patton, too that union three children were united as a family.

He leaves to cherish in his memories: two sons, Tony McElroy (Sharia) of Maumelle, Arkansas and Carlos Hawkins (Risha) of Fort Worth. Texas; one daughter Keisha Green (Gary) of Houston. Texas; one sister, Cheryl L. Lindsey of Camden, Arkansas; 12 grandchildren and a host of aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother L.C. and Earsie McElroy, two brothers, L. Joe McElroy and Dwight McElroy, two sisters: Phyllis Trammel and Donna Burns and one nephew; Anthony Haygood.