SEADRIFT – Irene E. McAlister, 96, passed away July 17, 2019. She was born March 13, 1923 to Y.Z. Helms, Sr. and Mary Belle Helms. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert P. McAlister; son, Robert Charles “Bobby” McAlister; sisters, Catherine Jennings, Louise McCown; brother, Daniel Helms; and grandson, Donald Blake Walden. She is survived by son, Bryan Lynn McAlister; daughter, Brenda Owen; granddaughters, Belitha Baringer, Tani James and Whitney Robinson; grandsons, Robert Ward McAlister and Brian Duane McAlister; great-grandchildren, Conner, Kendyl, Kinley, Carson, Katie, Holly and Jason McAlister and Alexis Baringer.

A committal service was held Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Seadrift Cemetery.

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