West Chatham Chapel
Pooler-Elania Marie Canady, 8, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Memorial
Health University Medical Center.
Elania was born in Kileen, Texas and was a member of Bible Baptist Church in
Savannah. She was a student at West Chatham Elementary School. She loved
swimming, horses, camping, fishing, tennis, chocolate cheesecake, singing and dancing
and being a "little mommy". She is now living her dream.
Survivors include her mother and step-father, Amy & Sgt. Gary Gray of Fort Bragg, NC;
father and step-mother, Mike & Karen Canady of Pooler; siblings, Shane Canady,
Morgan Allison, Gydeon, Justin and Heaven Gray; maternal grandparents, Robert & Nan
McArthur, Rick & Diane Sullivan and Melody & Gary Gray, Sr.; paternal grandparents,
Rick & Diane Canady and Jose & Daisy Lopez; maternal great-grandmother, Doris
Rooks; paternal great-grandparents, John & Eleanor Hassell and a number of aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. on Thursday at Bible Baptist Church located at 4700 Skidaway Road in
Savannah. Burial will follow at Effingham Memorial Gardens located at 880 Highway
119 between Springfield and Guyton.
Remembrances may be sent to AFLAC Cancer Center at Scottish Rite for Brain Tumor
Research, C/O Kate Kray, 5455 Meridian Mark Road, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30342 or
to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, One Kroc Drive, Oak Brook, IL 60523