Beryl Barnett McKinney
18 April 1893 - 29 March 1965
Last Rites
for Mrs. Beryl McKinney Held Tuesday
Friday,
April 2, 1965
Funeral
services for Mrs. Beryl Barnett
McKinney were held Tuesday afternoon
in
the First Methodist Church, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. Pete
Robertson, assisted by Rev. Tom Haley
and Rev. James
C. Coffey.
Mrs. McKinney had been in declining
health for several years, and
passed away in the Wilson Jones
Hospital in Sherman Monday morning at
5:45 in her sleep. Active pallbearers
were Henry Hynds, Robert Fielder,
Byron Whitaker, Floyd Carter, T.M.
Hughes, Jr., Robert H. Hynds, John
K. Hynds and Gene Ross. Honorary
pallbearers were Alfred Baldwin, E.L.
Avent, Dr. F.M. Sporer, Zane Emerson
and Hendrix Lewis. Interment was
in the Van Alstyne Cemetery, under the
direction of Flesher Funeral
Home.
Rev.
Robertson paid a glowing tribute to
the long and useful life of Mrs.
McKinney, stating that she had left a
spiritual legacy to the people of
her church, her community, and the
district.
Mrs.
McKinney was born at Weston on April
18, 1893, a daughter of the late
W.T. and Leland Roland Barnett. She
was united in marriage with Claude
A. McKinney in Corsicana on Sept. 10,
1913. In 1963, Mr. and Mrs.
McKinney celebrated their golden
anniversary. They lived their entire
married life in the home they built
here following their marriage.
In
addition to her husband, she is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Claudine
Garrison; by two grandsons, Pat and
Mike Garrison; by one niece, Mrs.
Jack Sims of Hillsboro; by two foster
daughters, Miss Jessie Sim of
Denton and Mrs. Rex Cruse, Sr. of San
Antonio.
Mrs.
McKinney graduated from Van Alstyne
High School, and attended the
University of Texas. A long time
member of the First Methodist Church
here, she taught Sunday School classes
for 35 years, was organist for
15 years, during which she taught
several others to play the organ. she
was president of
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service for four
years, was chairman of the North Texas
School of Missions for four
years, served as secretary of Mission
Education for four years, and was
a delegate to the national meeting in
Hill Falls, Pa. in 1958, at the
close of the School of Missions at
Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, she was presented by the
Conference a Special Life Membership
Pin. She served
as president and in other capacities
of the Van
Alstyne Parent-Teacher Association,
was president of the Second
District of the Texas Congress of
Parents and Teachers. She was a long
time member of The Culture Club,
serving as president and various other
offices.She served on the board of the
Grayson County Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
In
1950 she was selected by a secret vote
of the members of the Van Alstyne
Chamber of Commerce
as
"The Outstanding Citizen of Van
Alstyne" for that year.She was a
member
of the Chamber for many years. A
former teacher, she devoted much of
her time in private tutoring. She
served as secretary of
the
Retail Merchants Association of Van
Alstyne until her demise. She was
Van Alstyne correspondent for the
Sherman Democrat for over 22 years
and of the Denison Herald for the past
two years.
Claude Ashley McKinney
27
November 1889 - 14 November 1981
Sherman
Democrat
Friday 1
November 1991
Page A12
CLAUDE
McKINNEY
VAN
ALSTYNE - Claude Estelle McKinney,
80-year-old Van Alstyne resident,
died Tuesday at Wilson N. Jones
Hospital in Sherman. Services
will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in
Eastside Church of Christ here.
Melvin
Chappell and Larry Shed will
officiate and burial will be in Van
Alstyne Cemetery.
Arrangements
are under the direction of Flesher
Funeral Home.
Mr.
McKinney was born in Van Alstyne,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
McKinney. In January 1932, he
married Mable Lee Morris in Durant,
Okla.
A
retired maintenance employee of
Taylor Grain, he was also a Mason
and member of Eastside Church of
Christ.
Surviving
are his wife; three grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
The
family will be at the funeral home
from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, and other
times at the family residence.
