Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....McKinney, Gladys C January 11, 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 January 18, 2007, 2:38 pm Mitchell News-Journal 01/17/07 GLADYS C. MCKINNEY SPRUCE PINE - Gladys C. McKinney, 88, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007 in the Brian Center in Spruce Pine. She was the daughter of the late B.M. and Verdie Canipe Sr., and wife of the late Howard McKinney. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Albert Canipe; and a sister, Iona Price. A homemaker, she was a member of Grassy Creek Presbyterian Church and often visited the Mitchell Senior Center. Survivors include three sons, Phillip McKinney of Spruce Pine, Edd McKinney of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Rex McKinney of Denver; a daughter, Margaret Phillips of Morganton; brothers, Carroll and Ernest Canipe, both of Spruce Pine, and B.M. Canipe of Suffolk, Va.; sisters, Rose Biddix of Marion, and Connie Bunch of Suffolk; four grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Rev. Mike Brazelle officiated. Burial followed in Greenlee Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/m/mckinney413gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb