Dolores "Dee" Jean Elwood

Dolores Jean McKeehan Elwood (1935-2026)

“Dee”

 

Dolores Jean McKeehan Elwood aka “Dee”, 91, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2026 at home in Magnolia, TX.

 

Dee was born to Laura Mae Williams and Elbert Forster McKeehan on April 5, 1935, in Grays Knob, KY. A coal miner’s daughter, she was raised across Appalachia, in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Dee graduated from Glen Rogers High School in Glen Rogers, WV, in 1952. She was voted "Miss Senior," excelled as a cheerleader, served on the yearbook staff, and was a member of the National Honor Society.

 

Following high school, Dee moved to Washington D.C. She enjoyed positions with the federal government and Fairfax County Credit Union, and retired in 1996, after 20 years with the Department of the Army at the Pentagon. Throughout her career, she earned several recognitions for her dedicated service and outstanding performance.

 

Dee was a longtime resident of Falls Church, VA, where she raised four children with her husband, Joseph Manuel Elwood. In her golden years, she moved closer to family, making her home in Franklin, TN, and later in Magnolia, TX.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and siblings: Robert Harrison McKeehan, Kenneth McKeehan, Wilma Kriviski, and Billy Ray McKeehan.

 

Left to cherish her memory are her children: Gregory Ray Elwood (Jane) of Winchester, VA, Kenneth Michael Elwood (Terri) of Montgomery, TX, Teresa Jo Wagoner of Magnolia, TX, and Joseph Scott Elwood (Cathy Jo) of Franklin, TN;16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.

 

“Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” – Proverbs 31:31