Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....McKinney, Decima Meredith November 5, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net November 14, 2007, 8:40 pm Mitchell News-Journal 11/14/2007 DECIMA MEREDITH MCKINNEY SPRUCE PINE - Decima Meredith McKinney, 92, of Humpback Mountain Road, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. A native of Avery County, she was the daughter of the late James and Victoria Taylor Meredith, and wife of the late Brack McKinney. She was also preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters. She was a member of Altapass Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Norris and Wayne McKinney, both of Spruce Pine, and Wade McKinney of Marion; two daughters, Gladys Saxon of Spruce Pine, and Vivian Johnson of South Bay, Fla.; three sisters, Hope Johnson and Imogene Owens, both of Newland, and Penny Carroway of Naples, Fla.; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Altapass Baptist Church. The Rev. Steve Sisk officiated. Burial was in Grassy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the church. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine assisted the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/m/mckinney882gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb