Temperance "Tempie" Burleson

Temperance married Dewey McKinney about 1930 in North Carolina, , , . Dewey was born on 22 Aug 1899 in North Carolina, , , ; died on 19 Apr 1989 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Whitaker Branch Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thelma married John Greene about 1945 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . John was born on 16 Mar 1919; died on 14 Aug 2000 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Hughes Memorial Park, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Tommy McKinney, age 84, of Whitaker Branch Road, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 30th, 2015. A native of Avery County, he was a son of the late Dewey and Tempie Burleson McKinney. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Buchanan and three sisters. Tommy was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist church where he served as deacon and Sunday School teacher for many years. He loved all his family dearly. He enjoyed sitting on the porch in the sunshine smoking his pipe, fishing and helping everyone he knew.

Surviving is his loving wife, Mollie Hughes McKinney; daughters: Carolyn Jones and husband, Dickie, Barbara Buchanan and husband, Colin and Robin McKinney and husband, Burl, all of Whitaker Branch Road; sister, Nellie Pittman, of Ohio; brothers: Mutt McKinney and wife, Bertha, of Newland, Frank McKinney and wife, Johnnie, of Squirrel Creek and Jack McKinney, and wife, Birdie Mae of Boone; grandchildren: Carol Ann Johnson and Eddie Jones, great grandchildren: Logan Johnson, Layken Johnson, landon Johnson and Lillyanna Johnson, Makenna Buchanan and Lexie Buchanan. Several nieces, nephew and cousins also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Pastor Allen Laws will officiate. Burial will follow in the Buchanan and McKinney Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 3p.m. prior to the funeral service at the church. Yancey Funeral Services is serving the McKinney family.

Tom married Mollie Belle Hughes on 18 Jun 1949 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Mollie (daughter of Joseph Hughes and Sarah (Hughes)) was born about 1944 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 5 Feb 2019 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Buchanan Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frank Marshall McKinney of Chestnut Dale Road, went home to be with his Lord on July 19, 2017. He was surrounded by his family and friends, as he had been his entire life.

Frank was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for most of his life and he loved his church and his church family.

Frank was a retired painter who loved to be around people. He loved riding and working with horses, rodeos, NASCAR and singing. He loved family gatherings and any opportunity to get together with his children and grandchildren, especially his two great-grandchildren Kale and Eli who were his two newest loves.

Frank was the son of Dewy and Tempie McKinney formally of Whitaker Branch.

He dearly loved his brothers; Mutt, Tom and Jack as well as their wives and children. He also loved his sisters; Nellie Pittman, Hildred Hopson, Thelma Greene and Ruth Rector, along with their families.

Left to carry on his legacy is his wife of 57 years, Johnnie B McKinney of the home, his son John and his wife Joy, and granddaughter Sage. His daughter Mitzie and her husband Dale Huffman, grandson Marshall and his wife Francesca. Daughter Frankie and her husband Dean Bare, grandsons Garrett and Christian. Daughter Regina and her husband Nick Daniels, grandson Preston and his wife Ashley, and Chatty, his granddaughter.

Funeral services for Frank will be held at the church he loved, Pleasant Hill Baptist on Friday July 21, 2017 at 3:00, family will start receiving friends at 2:00. Graveside service will follow the funeral service in the Whitaker Branch Cemetery.