Obituary of Wayne Hector McAllister

Wayne Hector McAlister, the son of late Rosa Mae and Owen McAlister, was born July 4, 1953, in Fayetteville, North Carolina where he attended New Bowl elementary school. Then, at the age of 8 the family decided to relocate to North Philadelphia. There he continued his education at Meade Elementary School and went on to Vaux Junior High and then finished his high school years at Germantown High where he met Tawanna Wilhite, and they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl "Yvette Wilhite". After graduating high school, Wayne attended Berean Institute in North Philadelphia where he studied Computer Programming/Software and Hardware Repair Technician. Upon graduating, he landed a job working in his field with Proctor Silex in another town in Pennsylvania, he then went on to marry Carol and relocated to Mountain View, California where his career then took off at Lockheed Martin. Wayne and Carol McAlister shared some beautiful years together and they began to drift apart and eventually divorced. Later on he met a young lady by the name of Valida Marshall and they fell in love and got married and from this beautiful union came two handsome boys Derrick and Brent McAlister. Oct 5, 1996 God called Valida home leaving Wayne and the two boys, Wayne then decided to relocate to New Jersey where he met Paula Howard and became a Prince-Hall Mason from Plainfield, New Jersey, and furthered his career as a Computer Contractor, where he worked for numerous companies. After a couple of years in New Jersey, Wayne decided to retire and move to Florida where he then returned to the work force and reunited with Paula Howard. On March 27th, 2014 at approximately 12 a.m. Wayne suffered from a massive heart attack. Wayne leaves to cherish a lovely fiance Paula Howard: children Yvette Wilhite, Derrick McAlister (Meyling), Brent McAlister, Muffy and Scuffy (Wayne and four legged Paula's babies); two grandchildren Valida and Jesiah; nine siblings Leon, Christine, Antoinette, Malcolm, Anthony, Teresa, Katrina, Boysie and William. Along with a host of other family and friends that will truly miss him. We will love you and miss you Dad. You will forever remain in our hearts, Your Children