Rava Rose McKinney's Obituary
CLARENDON
SERVICES - 10:00 am on Thursday, November 21, 2013 in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Anthony Knowles, Rev. Bobby Ellerbrook, and Rev. Calvin Burrow, officiating.
INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Rava was born October 9, 1939 in Memphis to Willis Leary and Georgia Claris Rich Leffew. She had been a resident of Clarendon most of her life. She married James O. McKinney on November 2, 1954 in Fort Sumner, NM. She graduated from the Clarendon College Cosmetology program and was a hairdresser for for several years. She then later worked in the family business, McKinney Motor Co. for more than 15 years. Her favorite activities were traveling and shopping. She was a member of the Red Hatters Club and the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents; her husband in 1998; and a grandson, Tim McKinney in 2012.
SURVIVORS - 2 sons, Edward McKinney and wife Connie of McLean, Lynn McKinney and wife Gina of Clarendon; 3 brothers, Doyle Leffew and wife Jo of Stinnett, Darrell Leffew and wife Wilma of Clarendon, Larry Lynn Leffew and wife Teresa of Paden, OK; 3 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren.
MEMORIALS - To Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon or BSA Hospice in Amarillo.
THE FAMILY MAY BE CONTACTED AT - 220 South Sims / PO Box 815 / Clarendon, Texas 79226-0815.
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