CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ray McKinney, 11 Sep 2004
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Ray McKinney, age 87, Shell Creek Road, Roan Mountain, died 
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in the Roan Highlands Nursing Center, 
following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was 
the son of the late W.L. and Elvira Knight McKinney. He was preceded 
in death by a son, Raymond Gary McKinney; a daughter, Doris McKinney; 
three brothers, Sanford McKinney, Marion McKinney and Bynum McKinney; 
two sisters, Belle Sluder and Ethel Mae Greene; and two grandsons, 
Stephen McKinney and Michael Boone.

Mr. McKinney was the oldest member of Upper Shell Creek Christian 
Church. He was retired from the U.S. Forestry Service.

Survivors include his wife, Beulah Shell McKinney, of the home; three 
daughters and two sons-in-law, Sylvia and Rack Elliott, Dunedin, Fla., 
Geraldine and Jack Humphreys, Johnson City, and Eva Wexler, Mooresville, 
N.C.; six grandchildren, Tom Boone, Susie Wexler, Deanna Anglin, Todd 
McKinney, Lynette Turbyfill and Keith McKinney; nine great-grandchildren; 
and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, in the 
Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, with Mr. 
Bedford Motley, Minister officiating. Music will be under the direction 
of Donna and Marsha.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday prior to the service, 
or at the residence, 644 Shell Creek Road at any time.
Graveside service and interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Perry 
Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Honorary 
pallbearers will be men of Upper Shell Creek Christian Church, nursing 
staff at Roan Highlands Nursing Center and friends and neighbors. Those 
planning to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral 
home chapel at 9:15 a.m. Monday to go in procession to the cemetery. 
Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the 
Carter County Emergency and Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1951, Elizabethton, 
TN 37644. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our Web 
site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, 
423-772-3928, is in charge of the arrangements.


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