Obituary
A man in the ranching and farming business who had lived in Coleman County most of his life died Sunday, Oct. 17, 1971 at approximately 12:10 p.m., and was later pronounced dead on arrival at Overall-Morris Memorial Hospital.
He was Sumner McKinley, 61, of Route 2, Coleman, who was born Dec. 14, 1909 in Callahan County, the son of Joe and Sally Mayfield.
Mr. McKinley was a member of Central Baptist Church and Baird Masonic Lodge, No. 522.
Services will begin Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. in Stevens Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Bigham, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating there and during interment rites in Coleman City Cemetery.
Included in his survivors are his wido, Mrs. Ruth McKinley of Route 2; two daughters, Mrs. Patsy Rice of Montgomery and Kay McKinley of the home; two sisters, Mrs. J. B, Pierce of Oplin and Mrs. L. C. Duncan of Sundown; six brothers, Elliott of Prtales, N. M., Sexton of Kilgore, Travsis of Mesa, Arizona, Marcin of Casa Grande, Arizona, Claude of Odessa and Clint of Baird; and three grandchildren, Bob, Becky, and Ben RIce of Montgomery.
Mr. Lawson Mayo, miister of Coleman Church of Christ, will assist in the service tomorrow, and Shorty Harmes, Welson Davis, O. R. Lawlis, Alvie Wilkinson, Charles Hickman and Rube Lobstein will serve as pallbearers.
Published in the Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, TX) on Tuesday, October 19, 1971.