Jack H. McKinney
3 December 1860 - 31 October 1943
Rachel B. McKinney
7 April 1864 - 3 July 1940
Early Settler Dies at Age 81
J.H. McKinney
Lived at Van Alstyne
Van
Alstyne - Jack Handley McKinney, 82, life-time
resident of the Van
Alstyne area, died early Sunday morning at his
home after an illness of
four weeks. Funeral services were held
Monday morning at the
Christian church, conducted by the Rev. Thomas
Lennox, pastor.
Interment
was in Van Alstyne cemetery, with the
following pallbearers: Roy Cantrell, Gus
Lewallen,
O.A. Stoute, Cage Hunter, Roscoe Carver and
Jim Kitching.
Mr.
McKinney
was born Dec. 3, 1860, at the old McKinney
homestead east of
Van Alstyne, a son of D.L. and Martha
McKinney. In 1887 he was
married to Miss Rachel Marr, who died July 3,
1940. The couple
had four children, one dying in infancy and a
son, Vernie, a world war
I veteran, died in January 1927. He was
one of nine children, six
boys and three girls, all living to be
grown. At the time of his
death he was employed at the Interurban
station. Mr. McKinney
united with the Christian Church when a young
boy.
Survivors
are
two sons, Ward McKinney of Sherman and
Hershall McKinney of Dallas;
10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two
brothers, W.T. McKinney
of Fort Worth and John R. McKinney of
McKinney; three grandsons are in
the armed forces, Lt. Lynn McKinney, a pilot
to the army air forces in
North Carolina; Joe Nathan McKinney of San
Diego and Billie Roy
McKinney in foreign service.
Van Alstyne Leader
pg.1
Mr.
& Mrs. Jack McKinney were married Nov. 18,
1887, 51 years ago, at
Cottage Hill, near Van Alstyne. Mr.
McKinney was born Dec. 3,
1860, on a farm two miles east of here.
Mrs. McKinney was born
April 7, 1864, in Tennessee, and came to Texas
in 1870. He is
78. She is 74. Mr. McKinney has
resided here all his
life. Mrs. McKinney has resided here for
68 years, Both
joined the Christian church 47 years
ago. They have two children
and ten grandchildren. Their children
are Ward McKinney, Sherman,
and Hershell McKinney, Dallas.
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