Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....MCKIMMY, JAMES WILLIAM "BILL" July 5, 1947
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Gladwin County Record dated 07-09/1947 Column - 6 Page - 1
The Rev. James William McKimmy died at the home of his son, Ottamar McKimmy in 
Beaverton on Saturday July 5, his 91st birthday anniversary. Funeral services 
were held on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Butman Brethren church, 
with the Rev. E. S. Hollinger officiating. Burial was in the Dale Cemetery.
   Mr. McKimmy was born in Preston county, West Virginia, on July 5, 1856 and 
was the last living member of a family of 14 children. He married Miss Lucinda 
Margaret Fint in West Virginia in 1877. She passed away on July 13, 1938. 
About 64 years ago they moved to Lenawee county, Michigan and shortly 
afterward he was elected to the ministry in the Fairview Church of the 
Brethren. In 1898 he and his family moved to Coleman and through the efforts 
of Enos Crowell and David Mote he came to Beaverton and was the first minister 
to preach in this community. He held services in the Old Log school house , 
and later in the Knoxville school in Tobacco township, built in 1900. In 1902 
he moved his family to Beaverton and was an active minister for over 50 years 
in the church which he helped build in 1905, and was a charter member.
   Funeral services were held from this Home church. He was the father of 
eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. Surviving are six sons, Edson 
of Hudson, Elmer and Lee of Detroit, Charles of Ludington, Ottomer and Jay of 
Beaverton; two daughters, Mrs. Elva Feltault of Pontiac and Mrs. Bertha Yager 
of Beaverton; 23 grandchildren and 25 great children and a number of nieces 
and nephews. 

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