His gravestone was in the same cemetery where Felisa Howard was laid to rest. In that year, the area around McFly's grave was the scene of a battle between Felisa's granddaughter Beverly Crusher and an anaphasic lifeform named Ronin. (TNG: "Sub Rosa" ) This character was only mentioned in writing. The gravestones bore in-joke references to various science fiction characters; this one is a nod to the McFly family of the Back to the Future series of films. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)