Mercer Co WV Archives - Obituary --- Mrs. Mary Effie McKinney, 1981

Contributed July 17, 2008 for use in USGenWeb Archives 
By: Fred Spradlin, fspradlin@earthlink.net

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Thur., Mar 19, 1981

   Mrs Mary Effie McKinney, 81, of 400 Harrison St., Princeton, died Tuesday
in a Butler, Pa., hospital after a long illness.
   Born in Wyoming County, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and
Amanda Lusk Shrewsbury. She had been a resident of Princeton for the past 50
years and was a member of the Lilly Grove Baptist Church.
   In addition to her parents, whe was preceded in death by two sisters, Lula
McKinney and Rosa Ford; and two brothers, Burl Shrewsbury and Preston
Shrewsbury.
   Survivors include one son, Warren McKinney of Princeton, six daughters,
Mrs. Calvin (Ruby) Stone of Hopewell, Va., Mrs. George (Lillian) Sahley of
Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Bill (Geneva) Keatley of Butler, Mrs. E. Dale (Joyce)
Wicks of Titusville, Fla., and Mrs. J. H. (Hester) Porterfield and Mrs. W. R.
(Louise) Hedrick, both of Princeton; two sisters, Mrs. Sherman (Lessie)
McKinney of Coval and Mrs. Frank (Hazel) Reed of Salem, Va.; and 14 grand-
children and 31 great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Burns-Wornal Chapel
of the Memorial Funeral Directory, Athens Road in Princeton, with Rev. Dan
Wilkerson officiating.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the
Bluefield-Princeton Road.
   Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. Women of the Lilly Grove
Baptist Church and the First Christian Church will serve as flowerbearers.
   Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.


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