OBITUARY: William Lewis McKinney, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 16 May 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 26 Jun 1936, p. 7 W. L. M'KINNEY, 65, PASSES AT HOME William Lewis McKinney, well known resident of Medford where he had lived for the past 18 years, died at the family residence, 619 North Fir street, yesterday afternoon after an illness of two months. He was 65. Mr. McKinney was born in Roan county, Tenn., on March 22, 1871. He spent his early life in Tennessee and was united in marriage to Kate Silva at Kingston, Tenn., Nov. 19, 1889. They spent the first years of their marriage in Tennessee, and came to Medford in 1918. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate McKinney, one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Colton, and two sons, John McKinney and Huse McKinney, all of Medford; and one sister, Mrs. Polly Tap of Tennessee. Funeral services will be conducted from the Perl Funeral home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Oscar G. Gibson officiating. Interment will take place in the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery.