Harmon McKinney, Sr.

Alma - Harmon McKinney, Sr., 83, of Wilbur, died Sunday, July 27, at Wetzel County Hospital, New Martinsville.


He was born July 6, 1897, in Doddridge County, a son of the late William and Lenora Spencer McKinney.

Surviving are his wife, Hattie McGeorge McKinney; two sons, Denzil McKinney, East Liverpool, Ohio,
 Harmon McKinney Jr., Wellsville, Ohio; four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Mercer, East Liverpool, Ohio, 
Mrs. Pauline Greaver, West Union, Mrs. Anna Lea Maine, Porter's Falls, Mrs. Eva Pearl Pierpoint, Tiltonsville,
 Ohio; 25 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. One brother preceded him in death.

Mr. McKinney was a retired mail carrier and teamster.  He was a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church,
 where he had been Sunday school superintendent and teacher for many years.  He was a news correspondent for 
the West Union Record and the Tyler County Star News.                                               
(1980)