Obituaries


Mrs. JAMES REID died at her home one mile north of Clifford on the evening of
April 17th, after a lingering illness.    She was 67 years of age and leaves a
husband and six children to mourn her loss: Mrs. JOHN MCCALL of Burnside, Mrs.
WILL REID of Brown City, HUGH REID of Hoylton, Mrs. ALFRED MARION of Brown City,
HOWARD REID of Detroit and Mrs. BERT EWALT of Romeo. The remains were taken to
Brown City where the funeral was held on Sunday. April 17, 1919.


Mrs. MARY MCCALL, 86, 555 N. Main St., Imlay City, died in the Almont hospital
Sunday, July 14. She was born August 27, 1881, and married HENRY MCCALL in
1925. He Preceded her in death in 1941. She was a member of the First Baptist
Church and lived in the Imlay City area for 37 years. She is survived by
several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m.
from Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Imlay City. Rev. Millard Heron officiated.
Burial was in Imlay Township Cemetery.


Service for JOHN MCCALL, 95, of 765 Scott Lake Road, Waterford Township, will
be 11 a.m. tomorrow in the DeWitt C. Davis Funeral Home. Burial will be in the
West Goodland Cemetery. Mr. MCCALL, a retired farmer, was a member of the First
Church of the Nazarene. He died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
HOWARD BRIAN, where he made his home. He had been in ill health for two years.
Surviving besides Mrs. BRIAN, are daughters Mrs. LEWIS POWELL of Kingston, Mrs.
BURTON OSBORN of Midland and Mrs. ALBERT GATES of Pontiac. Also surviving are
a son HOWARD of Bad Axe, 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. December
26, 1962.


J. E. MCKINNEY, 87, died Saturday midnight at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
BUEL KYLE in Taylortown community. The funeral was arranged Monday at 2 p.m. at
the Friendship Baptist Church, south of Biardstown, conducted by the Rev. Frank
George and the Rev. Lee Smith. Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home had charge of the
arrangements for burial inn Friendship Cemetery, pallbearers being these
nephews: ROBERT MCKINNEY, MARSHALL MCKINNEY, STILES GUNN and LAWRENCE PRICE.
Born in Spartanburg, SC, October 26, 1868, Mr. MCKINNEY was a son of the late
Capt. A. A. MCKINNEY. His wife died in 1948, survivors being his daughter, Mrs.
KYLE; son LONNIE MCKINNEY of Norman, OK, with whom he formerly made his home,
and these brothers and sisters: WALTER MCKINNEY, CLAUDE MCKINNEY, Mrs. MATTIE
BEAVER, Mrs. G. B. Brown and Miss Nannie MCKINNEY, all of Paris; JOHN MCKINNEY,
Floydada; and BOB MCKINNEY, Bairdstown; besides 9 grandchildren and 5 great
grandchildren. Paris News (TX) Monday, May 7, 1956




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Capt. A. A. MCKINNEY, and old and respected citizen of Lamar County, died at 7
a.m. yesterday morning at hi hoe 2.5 miles southeast of Biardstown. He had been
in feeble health the past two or three years on account of his advancing age.
He was born in North Carolina December 31, 1837; and was nearly 81 years old.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in a home company of volunteers, of
which, he was chosen captain in the confederate army and was a gallant soldier.
His company was a part of Stonewall Jackson's army and after the latter's death
he was in General A. P. Hill's army. He had the misfortune, however, to be
captured at Gettysburg and was a prisoner on Johnson Island for 18 months.
After the close of the war, the deceased married Miss EMILY BRIAN in
Spartanburg, SC, October 24, 1867, and they moved to Texas in 1869 and located
near Biardstown, in which community he continued to reside up to the time of
his death. He was a prominent farmer and was highly esteemed by his neighbors
and acquaintances as an upright citizen. His wife died several years ago, but
he survived by ten children, 6 sons and 4 daughters, as follows: JESSE and
JOHN, Floydada; ED MCKINNEY, 3 miles N of Paris; WALTER, ROBERT and CLAUDE of
Biardstown; Mrs. W. S. PRICE of Glory; Mrs. G. B. BROWN and Mrs. CAM BEAVER of
Paris; and Miss NANNIE MCKINNEY, who stayed with him at the old home place.
The funeral service will be held at his late residence at 1 p.m. this afternoon.
Rev. W. H. Wright of west Paris, officiating. The burial will be held at Rock
Ford Cemetery.




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