Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....MCKIMMY, JACOB LUTHER "LUKE" October 9, 1956
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Gladwin County Record dated 10-10/1956 Column - 5 Page - 1
J. Luther McKimmy, 85, retired Beaverton farmer and business man, passed away 
Tuesday at the Midland Hospital after an illness of two months. Funeral 
services will be held Friday, Oct. 12 at 2:00 o'clock at the Beaverton Church 
of the Brethren with the Rev. Earl Atkinson and rev. Arthur Whisler 
officiating. The body will lie in state at the Paul McKimmy residence from 10 
a.m. Thursday until 1:30 p.m. Friday.
   Born in Preston County, West Virginia, May 6 1871 Mr. McKimmy resided in 
Fulton County, Ohio where he married the former Agnes Boyce in 1892. He moved 
to Gladwin County in 1907 and has been an active and prominent resident. He 
was a county supervisor for three terms, superintendent and member of the poor 
commission for 12 years, director of the Peoples State Bank in Beaverton and 
director of the Federal Land Bank. He was the founder of the Beaverton 
Concrete Works and the Beaverton Construction Company.
   His wife preceded him in death in 1951. A daughter, Iva, and a son, Ora, 
are also deceased. Surviving Mr. McKimmy are three sons, Lester I., Ellis L., 
and Paul E., all of Beaverton; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Witkovsky, of 
Coleman, and Mrs. Florence I. Rackel, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; three brothers, 
Theodore, Fred and Alvin; and two sisters, Mrs. Saloma Davis and Mrs. Addie 
Corbin; also 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. 

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