Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....McKinney, Nellie Sarah Bailey September 24, 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 October 10, 2007, 11:14 am Mitchell News-Journal 10/3/2007 NELLIE SARAH BAILEY MCKINNEY MARION - Nettie Sarah Bailey McKinney, 95, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Tildon and Rosanna Bryant Bailey. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Billy Wayne McKinney and Paul Marion McKinney; an adopted daughter, Paula Lewetta Clark; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was a midwife and one of the first telephone operators in Spruce Pine. She also cooked and baked for local restaurants. Survivors include three daughters, Gertie Johnson of Oak Island, S.C., and Sadie Andrews and Theresa Newton, both of Marion; adopted daughters, Cindy Lamb and Rosie McKinney, both of Marion; sons, David Jack McKinney of Spruce Pine, and Terry Hughes McKinney of Marion; adopted son, Paul McKinney Jr. of Marion; 22 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Preacher Deaton and Revs. Sam Phillips and Jack Ward officiated. Burial followed in McKinney Gap Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/m/mckinney810gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb