Mrs Cleo Williams(Dillard)-McKinney was born 6/1/1916 in Gulfport, Miss.,to MR.& Mrs Willie & May Bell(Brooks) Williams. On November 4,1933,she married Mr. Isaiah Dillard,who died at the age 30. They did not have any children.
Five years later,she married Mr.Walter E. McKinney Sr,in 1938;) he already had 3 small daughters,and two teenage sons,whom he was raising alone. They were together until 1963, when he died as a result of being struck by a drunk driver.
She raised five stepchildren from his two previous marriages,& eight from their marriage. She moved to Illinois in 1968, to help her stepdaughter with her children,where she stayed until her death in 1981. She only had a six grade education,but she ran her own business,and she taught Sunday school classes at her church every Sunday. All the children loved to be around her,because she understood them. They would come to her house and just sit and talk with her.
Five years later,she married Mr.Walter E. McKinney Sr,in 1938;) he already had 3 small daughters,and two teenage sons,whom he was raising alone. They were together until 1963, when he died as a result of being struck by a drunk driver.
She raised five stepchildren from his two previous marriages,& eight from their marriage. She moved to Illinois in 1968, to help her stepdaughter with her children,where she stayed until her death in 1981. She only had a six grade education,but she ran her own business,and she taught Sunday school classes at her church every Sunday. All the children loved to be around her,because she understood them. They would come to her house and just sit and talk with her.
Mrs Cleo Williams(Dillard)-McKinney was born 6/1/1916 in Gulfport, Miss.,to MR.& Mrs Willie & May Bell(Brooks) Williams. On November 4,1933,she married Mr. Isaiah Dillard,who died at the age 30. They did not have any children.
Five years later,she married Mr.Walter E. McKinney Sr,in 1938;) he already had 3 small daughters,and two teenage sons,whom he was raising alone. They were together until 1963, when he died as a result of being struck by a drunk driver.
She raised five stepchildren from his two previous marriages,& eight from their marriage. She moved to Illinois in 1968, to help her stepdaughter with her children,where she stayed until her death in 1981. She only had a six grade education,but she ran her own business,and she taught Sunday school classes at her church every Sunday. All the children loved to be around her,because she understood them. They would come to her house and just sit and talk with her.
Five years later,she married Mr.Walter E. McKinney Sr,in 1938;) he already had 3 small daughters,and two teenage sons,whom he was raising alone. They were together until 1963, when he died as a result of being struck by a drunk driver.
She raised five stepchildren from his two previous marriages,& eight from their marriage. She moved to Illinois in 1968, to help her stepdaughter with her children,where she stayed until her death in 1981. She only had a six grade education,but she ran her own business,and she taught Sunday school classes at her church every Sunday. All the children loved to be around her,because she understood them. They would come to her house and just sit and talk with her.
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