Betty R. McKinney Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Betty Ruth McKinney, 84, of Basin went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the Bowers Hospice House, Beckley following a short illness. Born August 29, 1927, at Rhodell, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Thelma (Hollingshead) Graham. Mrs. McKinney was a 1944 graduate of Herndon High School; she worked one year for WT Grant Company in Beckley; served as a member of the Second Signal Corporation in 1945 in Washington D.C.; she taught school for one year in Reidtown; and was a newspaper reporter for the Beckley Post Herald and Raleigh Register. Mrs. McKinney was a previous member of Lady's Auxiliary Club of Gauley Bridge and the Fayette County Historical Club. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Sue McKinney; two brothers, Robert Allen Graham and Clyde Willis Graham; and one sister, Verna Mae Winebrenner. Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of 67 years, Lacy Arnold McKinney; one son, Garry McKinney and his wife, Lovenrose, of San Jose, CA; three daughters, Kathleen McDaniel of Basin, Rosemary McKinney of Polkville, NC, and Gina Jimenez and her husband, Javier, of Beckley; two brothers, Leonard Graham and his wife, Margo, of Streamwood, IL and William Graham and his wife, Patricia, of Fairdale; five grandchildren, Brenda Godfry and Robert McDaniel of Basin, Renee Powell of Polkville, NC, and Colleen and Randall McKinney of San Jose, CA; and five great-grandchildren, Robert McDaniel, Tyler Stafford and Kelly and Jacob Godfrey, all of Basin and Glen Powell of Polkville, NC. Services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Hugh McKinney officiating. Burial will follow in the McKinney Family Cemetery, Basin. Friends may call one hour prior to services Saturday at the funeral home. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Betty R. McKinney

August 29, 1927 - February 22, 2012