NAME: ELMER RAY MCKINNEY, AGE 85, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 2, 1921 IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS TO CLYDE AND ANNIE BELL (HEARNE) MCKINNEY. PASSED AWAY: JUNE 20, 2007 IN COALGATE, OK AGE: 85 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS MARRIED: BERTHA LEE KING ON JULY 12, 1952 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS OCCUPATION: RETIRED CONSTRUCTION AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, AS WELL AS FARMER & RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. HE SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII. HE QUALIFIED AS CARBINE MARKSMAN ON FEBRUARY 4, 1944. GO 33 WD 45 SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES LUZON WESTERN PACIFIC, HE ALSO RECEIVED A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE STAR. SURVIVED BY SISTERS: RUBY EARNHART OF MULDROW, OK. FAYE WILLARD OF LAWTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: BERTHA LEE MCKINNEY ON FEBRUARY 23, 1992. PARENTS: CLYDE AND ALLIE BELL (HEARNE) MCKINNEY BROTHER: BO MCKINNEY SISTER: VIOLET MARSHALL.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: MCCARTY CEMETERY ~ PARKER, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DELBERT WHITE. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY EARNHART, TRAVIS EARNHART, RICKY MCKINNEY, SONNY PALMER, HAROLD DEPASSE, ARTHUR DEPASSE. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.