Overlook Alabama 2000, Miss The united states leading 10 finalist Jana Sanderson McEachern dies at 43

Jana Sanderson McEachern, Miss out on Alabama 2000 and a best 10 finalist in the Miss out on The united states pageant, died Friday in Gadsden. She was 43.

McEachern died of cancer, in accordance to a Facebook submit by J&D Farms, a marriage venue in Southside which she co-founded.

A graduate of Glencoe Substantial College, McEachern first entered a pageant at 17, she informed The Situations in a 1999 interview immediately after ending as 1st-runner up for Miss Alabama. “I was heading to be starting school and Mom assumed it would be a great way to get some scholarship revenue,” she claimed.

She went on to show up at Samford University on a entire scholarship, graduating with a degree in communications.

McEachern told The Moments in 2000 following returning house from Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, in which the Pass up America pageant was held in its heyday, that her working experience there was “a as soon as-in-a-life time option,” and that listening to her identify known as for the best 10 and building so a lot of buddies ended up her very best reminiscences.

She went on to work as a photographer and advertising and marketing professional with The Chamber of Gadsden & Etowah County, Joe McEachern photography and Auburn University’s College of Aviation, along with J&D Farms.

McEachern ongoing to stick to her enjoy of the arts — she started off having voice lessons in the seventh quality, according to the 1999 job interview her platform for the Skip America contest, Phase into the Spotlight, encouraged young folks to participate in the carrying out arts and her original college or university main was vocal effectiveness. At Samford, she sang at numerous gatherings and venues, and she also was active in community theater.

Her obituary from Crestwood Memorial Funeral Household described her as obtaining “the voice of an angel,” with a particular adore for praise and worship new music. (She attended Church of the Highlands’ Opelika campus.)

Theatre of Gadsden in a Fb submit pointed out that McEachern “grew up” in the theater, praising her expertise and her “kindness and gentle soul.”

The Overlook Alabama pageant referred to as McEachern “a remarkably gifted, intelligent, sweet and variety soul,” who “brought warmth into each and every area and charmed every person she fulfilled,” according to an additional Fb article.

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The J&D Farms write-up cited her enjoy of CrossFit (she was a qualified mentor), vacation, cooking and spicy food items.

She is survived by her mom, Judy Sitz Smith (Ronnie) grandparents, Tommy Lee and Eloise Sanderson and Ross and Pauline Sitz siblings, Jill Sanderson (Amber), John Longshore, Margie Longshore, Marcus Longshore Dr. Andrew Smith (Donna) and Ashley Robinson (Bryan) previous spouse, Danny McEachern and her Westie, Winston.

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