NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: MCKEE, Bill (d. 1927)
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Source: Prairie Grove, AR Newspaper, Sept. 30,1927


Bill MCKEE

          "That death may come suddenly and when least expected has again
been (seen) in this community by the sudden death of Will McKee which
occurred at his home near Carthage, Mo., on last Wednesday (Sept. 21, 1927).
He was born at Dover (should read Caldwell) Noble County, Ohio, on March 4,
1864 later came to Arkansas and settled at the old McKee home near Little
Elm, where he grew to manhood. 
          He came to visit his children and relatives about the Reunion and
spent several days here. The news of his death came as a great shock to
everybody here. 
          Mr. McKee was sixty-four years of age. He was a hard working man
and as honest as could be. This alone is a great legacy to his children. 
          He was converted in the early part of 1883 and in November joined
the Cumberland church. 
          Two pistol shots in the back of his head was the cause of his
death, whether they were put there by his own hand or some other, we are not
sure. 
          The diseased was married at the age of twenty-five years to Mollie
E. Giles in 1890. To this union were born eleven children. Only one has
passed into the great beyond (Jenny May Mckee).
          His children are located as follows: Mrs. Nellie Morrison, wife of
Luther Morrison, near Illinois Chapel (AR); Mrs Della Morrison, wife of Will
Morrison, also near Illinois Chapel (AR). Mrs. J. C. Jones and Mrs. Winnie
McKinzie, Los Angeles, California; Mrs Hurbert Terpening (Ruby), near Walnut
Grove (AR); Garland and Oren McKee, near Illinois Chapel (AR) and Misses
Melva and Sylvia are at home with their mother; Mrs. Jewell, ... "

Note: (rest of obit is cut off and not in possession of submitter). (Jewell
was Mrs. Otis Parris) (Will or Bill McKee's death was ruled a suicide in
spite of the "two shots to the back of the head", his step-son was tried for
his murder and not convicted).