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Edward Lee McKinney

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Edward Lee McKinney

Birth
Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Death
30 Aug 1961 (aged 68)
Keyrock, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Affectionately called Poppy by his grand children. He was a very tall man with a bass voice and sang very well. He married Ella Mae McKinney and they were parents of Zona, Pauline, Ruby, Nellie Irene, Erma, James Bernard, Edward Ferrell, Herbert, Carrie, and Ruth Yvonne.

He worked in the mines in Southern West Virginia to raise his family. He loved the outdoors and gardening. One of his favorite things to do was sing to the top of his voice while working in his garden. His voice would boom out from mountain to mountain and make a wonderful echoing sound. Son of Joseph William "Joe Bill" McKinney (1860-Deceased) & Wilmouth "Wilma" McKinney (1862-Deceased).

Brother of William J. McKinney (1884-Deceased), Mary Nettie McKinney (1886-Deceased), Thomas Leonard McKinney (1889-Deceased), George H. McKinney (1890-Deceased), Luther P. McKinney (1894-Deceased), Martha Ada McKinney (1898-Deceased), Meggie E. McKinney (1900-Deceased), Homer McKinney (1902-Deceased), & Emma A. McKinney (1905-Deceased).

Married to Ella Mae McKinney-McKinney (1894-1955) on September 25, 1912 in Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1912, Page 81, Application Date: September 24, 1912).

Father of Zona Lee McKinney (1913-1997), Pauline McKinney-Akers (Deceased), Nellie Irene McKinney-Eaton-Pendry (1919-1995), Ruby Virginia McKinney-McFolden (1921-1972), Erma Lee McKinney-Cook (1926-1999), James Bernard McKinney (1927-1979), Edward "Ferrell" McKinney, Herbert Bernard McKinney (1933-1993), Carrie McKinney (Died in Infancy), Unnamed Baby Boy McKinney (Died in Infancy), & Ruth Yvonne McKinney-Conley-Fillinger (1936-1993).

Edward McKinney was a coal miner. He died at age 67 from pneumonia due to pancreatic cancer (per WV Certificate of Death #61-11568 Dist #550 Serial #66, Wyoming County, WV, 1961).
Affectionately called Poppy by his grand children. He was a very tall man with a bass voice and sang very well. He married Ella Mae McKinney and they were parents of Zona, Pauline, Ruby, Nellie Irene, Erma, James Bernard, Edward Ferrell, Herbert, Carrie, and Ruth Yvonne.

He worked in the mines in Southern West Virginia to raise his family. He loved the outdoors and gardening. One of his favorite things to do was sing to the top of his voice while working in his garden. His voice would boom out from mountain to mountain and make a wonderful echoing sound. Son of Joseph William "Joe Bill" McKinney (1860-Deceased) & Wilmouth "Wilma" McKinney (1862-Deceased).

Brother of William J. McKinney (1884-Deceased), Mary Nettie McKinney (1886-Deceased), Thomas Leonard McKinney (1889-Deceased), George H. McKinney (1890-Deceased), Luther P. McKinney (1894-Deceased), Martha Ada McKinney (1898-Deceased), Meggie E. McKinney (1900-Deceased), Homer McKinney (1902-Deceased), & Emma A. McKinney (1905-Deceased).

Married to Ella Mae McKinney-McKinney (1894-1955) on September 25, 1912 in Wyoming County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Wyoming County, WV, 1912, Page 81, Application Date: September 24, 1912).

Father of Zona Lee McKinney (1913-1997), Pauline McKinney-Akers (Deceased), Nellie Irene McKinney-Eaton-Pendry (1919-1995), Ruby Virginia McKinney-McFolden (1921-1972), Erma Lee McKinney-Cook (1926-1999), James Bernard McKinney (1927-1979), Edward "Ferrell" McKinney, Herbert Bernard McKinney (1933-1993), Carrie McKinney (Died in Infancy), Unnamed Baby Boy McKinney (Died in Infancy), & Ruth Yvonne McKinney-Conley-Fillinger (1936-1993).

Edward McKinney was a coal miner. He died at age 67 from pneumonia due to pancreatic cancer (per WV Certificate of Death #61-11568 Dist #550 Serial #66, Wyoming County, WV, 1961).


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  • Created by: DFE
  • Added: Oct 14, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11999333/edward_lee-mckinney: accessed ), memorial page for Edward Lee McKinney (10 Mar 1893–30 Aug 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11999333, citing Rube Howerton Cemetery, Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by DFE (contributor 46780302).