In loving memory of
Charles Owen ''Pappy'' McKinney
November 19, 1926 - May 26, 2007
Charles 'Pappy' McKinney Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services, Columbus Junction. Visitation: noon-2 p.m. Wednesday May 30, funeral home AINSWORTH, Iowa -- Charles Owen "Pappy" McKinney, 80, formerly of Letts, died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at his home in Ainsworth. The Rev. Rebecca Clark of Iowa City Hospice will officiate. Casketbearers will be Heth McKinney, Nathan Haury, Victor Dlouhy, Randy Axtel, Jerry James, and Dennis Swinford. Honorary casketbearers will be Danny Cox and Gary Lewis. A memorial has been established at the funeral home for Iowa City Hospice. Owen McKinney was born Nov. 19, 1926, in Floyd, Ark. The son of T. Charley and Lonie M. Strayhorn McKinney. He married Nevada I. Farmer in Searcy, Ark., on Sept. 15, 1948. He was a resident of Letts, since 1963 and was employed at HON Industries for 20 years, and Grain Processing Corp. for 11 years. He enjoyed bluegrass music, camping and traveling. He will be dearly missed by his wife Nevada; one daughter, Ruby Haury, and her husband, Myron, of Columbus Junction; four sons, Emmett O. McKinney and his wife, Sue, of Muscatine; Wesley D. McKinney and his wife, Renada, of Bee Branch, Ark.; David J. McKinney and his wife, Ginny, of Columbus Junction, and Timothy McKinney of Letts; four grandchildren, Heth O. McKinney, Raciel Dlouhy and husband, Vic, Nathan Haury and Connor McKinney; four great-grandchildren; Lindsay Rae Solomon, Derrick Dlouhy, Drew Proksa and Parker Dlouhy, two brothers; Harold D. McKinney of Kissimmee, Fla., and William J. McKinney of Searcy, Ark.; two sisters; Hazel Carmichael of Searcy, Ark. and Juanita Gechter of Fort Smith, Ark.; He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Oakley and Charlie McKinney.