- JoAnn B McKinney, age 87 of North Hwy 226, Bakersville, NC passed away December 7, 2011 at her home. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Bertie Gouge Buchanan. She was a Veteran of the United States Navy and retired from Mitchell County Department of Social Services. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by a sister Willie McCullough and a brother Melvin A Buchanan.
Survivors include her two sons Daniel (Dan) McKinney and wife Angie and Chris McKinney and wife Lisa, all of Kingsport, TN, two sisters Jessie B. Hughes, of Bakersville, NC and Nell B. Johnston, of Fredricksburg, Texas, and one brother Dewey D. Buchanan Jr, of Morristown, TN, and four grandchildren Jessica, Luke, Jeremiah and Daniel.
Funeral services will be held Saturday December 10, 2011 at 1:00PM in Friendship Baptist Church with Don Ford and Bobby L. McKinney officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Green Young Cemetery with Military Funeral Honors being conducted by The North Carolina Honor Guard.
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1924 - 2011 (87 years)
