Mrs. Ella Margaret Byrd-McCain, (Teacher) of Birmingham (Dothan), Alabama, accepted her Heavenly Appointment to meet her husband, Dr. John McCain, with the Lord on November 8, 2017. Final Rites will be held at 12 Noon on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Bryant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 3125 Spaulding St., SW, Birmingham, Alabama. Prayers and Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.  Her memories will live with her sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews and cousins in Dothan, Alabama; Phoenix, Arizona; Carson, California; Chicago, Illinois; Ashburn and Bristow, Virginia and Birmingham, Alabama; friends all over and her church family. Your gift in memory of Ella, should be sent to the Dr. John and Ella Byrd-McCain Scholarship Fund at Alabama A&M University. It will really be appreciated by the family, in keeping her legacy alive. Some boys and/or girls who can now attend college will benefit. Direct your gift to Mrs. Venita Clisby-King, Director of Alumni Affairs, Alabama A&M University, P.O. Box 348, Normal, Alabama 35762. Services rendered by Davenport & Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. Obituary