Taylor-Bibb-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....McKenney, Mrs. S.S. November 1919 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 October 13, 2005, 7:41 pm The Butler Herald, November 20, 1919 The Butler Herald Thursday, November 20, 1919 Page One Unexpected Death Of Mrs. S.S. McKenney Mother of Mr. R.L. McKenney, President and Editor of Macon News, and Former Butler Citizen, Succumbs to Paralysis at her Macon Home The news of the death of Mrs. S.S. McKenney, which reached here Friday was a great shock to her many Butler friends. Mrs. McKenney was a citizen of Butler for several years and only recently disposed of property here. The bereaved family of his well-known and highly esteemed lady have the sincere sympathy of the scores of warm friends in this city in their sad bereavement. The cause of Mrs. McKenney’s death was from heart failure. Mrs. McKenney would have been 83 years old had she lived until December. She was born in Columbus, Ga., and was a graduate of the Thomas B. Slade School of that city. Mrs. McKenney was married in 1856 to Joshua McKenney who entered the service of the Confederacy two years later serving through the entire war. Mr. McKenney died in the latter part of 1865. The family resided in Butler, at Mr. McKenney’s death. Mrs. McKenney then moved to Macon to live. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. C.M. Clifton, Sr., of the Hazard district; her son, Robert L. McKenney, of Macon, Margaret and Louise McKenney, and Alice and Josephine Clifton, granddaughters and Robert L. Clifton, Walter B. Clifton, Charles M. Clifton, Jr. and William Clifton, grandsons and a half brother, John W. Walton, of Baxley, Ga. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/obits/m/mckenney7628ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb