MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Grover Lee McKinney, 13 May 2002
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GROVER LEE MCKINNEY
BAKERSVILLE – Grover Lee McKinney, 75, of the Mine Creek community, 
died Monday, May 13, 2002 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was 
the son of the late Rettie McKinney Stewart. He was the owner/operator 
of Tri-County Body Works in Spruce Pine. He attended Silver Chapel 
Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a member and 
Past Master of Bakersville Masonic Lodge #537 A.F. & A.M., and a member 
and Past Worthy Patron of Roan Mountain Chapter #29 Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Buchanan McKinney of the home; one son, 
Jerry McKinney of Burnsville; one daughter, Rita Ayers of California City, 
CA; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Silver Chapel Baptist 
Church. Revs. R.M. Cassity, Clifford Earley and Jay Orr officiated. 
Masonic graveside rites were provided by Bakersville Masonic Lodge #537 
A.F. & A.M. Burial was in the church cemetery. The family received 
friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine.