Sister Willist Hadnot was born on July 18, 1933, to the late Mr. Daniel Hadnot and Mrs. Hattie E. Armstrong Hadnot. She united with First Church of God in Christ under the leadership of the late Reverend Milton L. Horn.

Sister Hadnot departed this life on Friday, January 24, 2025. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Edward McQueen; sisters, Agnes Moore, Ivory B. Hadnot, Vida Lee Hadnot, Juanita Hadnot, and Eliza Rugley; brothers, O'Neal Hadnot and Hirely Chester "Red Hadnot;" and sons, Mark S. McQueen, Kenneth W. McQueen, Darren D. McQueen, and Edward J. McQueen.

She leaves to cherish her memory: her six daughters, Willie Sue McQueen, Kathleen "Kaye" McQueen, Sharon D. Guidry (Larnell Brown), Jean Levette, Jeanette McQueen, and Lisa A. McQueen (Michael Kimble); one son, Donald Dean McQueen; nineteen grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.