Elmer was the son of Mont and Lura Maddox McKenney. He was the oldest of four children. He married Eva Ellis Phelps on May 3, 1903 in Ohio county, KY. They made there home in McHenry, KY. Together they had seven children. Bonnie Bell , Chester Lee, Yandell J., Deletta Marie, Virginia Mae,Vonnell M., and Thomas Elmer. Elmer died during the Flu Epidemic on Feb. 12, 1919. He was preceded in death by his oldest child, Bonnie Bell, who died from burns she sustained when her dress caught fire at the age of three.
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Death notice from THE HARTFORD HERALD, Mar 12, 1919
IN MEMORY
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Of Elmore McKinney, who lived near McHenry and who died Feb. 11, 1919. He was born Oct. 12, 1880. He was a victim of the Flu. He was called from this world of sorrow to a "home not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens," for he was a faithful christian. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father. May God, the Great Leader, guide them through this life to a home in Heaven, there to meet Elmore where parting is no more.
~A SISTER IN CHRIST~
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*note* His first name was misspelled in the original article.
*Note* Most records show that he spelled his last name as McKinney. However his parents used the spelling of McKenney. Since his parents had the stone erected it had the spelling of McKenney.
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Death notice from THE HARTFORD HERALD, Mar 12, 1919
IN MEMORY
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Of Elmore McKinney, who lived near McHenry and who died Feb. 11, 1919. He was born Oct. 12, 1880. He was a victim of the Flu. He was called from this world of sorrow to a "home not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens," for he was a faithful christian. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father. May God, the Great Leader, guide them through this life to a home in Heaven, there to meet Elmore where parting is no more.
~A SISTER IN CHRIST~
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*note* His first name was misspelled in the original article.
*Note* Most records show that he spelled his last name as McKinney. However his parents used the spelling of McKenney. Since his parents had the stone erected it had the spelling of McKenney.
Elmer was the son of Mont and Lura Maddox McKenney. He was the oldest of four children. He married Eva Ellis Phelps on May 3, 1903 in Ohio county, KY. They made there home in McHenry, KY. Together they had seven children. Bonnie Bell , Chester Lee, Yandell J., Deletta Marie, Virginia Mae,Vonnell M., and Thomas Elmer. Elmer died during the Flu Epidemic on Feb. 12, 1919. He was preceded in death by his oldest child, Bonnie Bell, who died from burns she sustained when her dress caught fire at the age of three.
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Death notice from THE HARTFORD HERALD, Mar 12, 1919
IN MEMORY
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Of Elmore McKinney, who lived near McHenry and who died Feb. 11, 1919. He was born Oct. 12, 1880. He was a victim of the Flu. He was called from this world of sorrow to a "home not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens," for he was a faithful christian. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father. May God, the Great Leader, guide them through this life to a home in Heaven, there to meet Elmore where parting is no more.
~A SISTER IN CHRIST~
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*note* His first name was misspelled in the original article.
*Note* Most records show that he spelled his last name as McKinney. However his parents used the spelling of McKenney. Since his parents had the stone erected it had the spelling of McKenney.
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Death notice from THE HARTFORD HERALD, Mar 12, 1919
IN MEMORY
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Of Elmore McKinney, who lived near McHenry and who died Feb. 11, 1919. He was born Oct. 12, 1880. He was a victim of the Flu. He was called from this world of sorrow to a "home not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens," for he was a faithful christian. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. He was a kind and affectionate husband and father. May God, the Great Leader, guide them through this life to a home in Heaven, there to meet Elmore where parting is no more.
~A SISTER IN CHRIST~
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*note* His first name was misspelled in the original article.
*Note* Most records show that he spelled his last name as McKinney. However his parents used the spelling of McKenney. Since his parents had the stone erected it had the spelling of McKenney.
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