1927
Carroll
2013
Carroll Mckinney
October 16, 1927 — April 8, 2013
Carroll V. McKinney, age 85, of Leesburg, Ohio, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013 at the Bethesda North Hospital.
He was born October 16, 1927 into a farming family in Clark Township, Brown County, OH, son of the late Vern Alvin McKinney and Zella Irene Richey McKinney.
A U. S. Army veteran of WWII, Carroll graduated from The Ohio State University and received his law degree from the Franklin Law School of Capital University. He was an attorney in Hillsboro for 52 years.
He was a former member of the Highland County Water Company Board of Directors, the Fairfield School Board, Fifth Third Bank Board of Directors, Leesburg American Legion, Village of Leesburg Solicitor, Ohio Bar Association, Highland County Bar Association, Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite.
Surviving is his wife whom he married July 31, 1976, Johanna M. McKinney of Leesburg, OH, daughter, Suzanna G. McKinney of Stuart, FL, step-son, William A. Garrett of Columbus, OH, step-grandson, Sean Garrett, step-granddaughter, Sarah Garrett of Columbus, and sister, Venus Kusnerus of Wichita, KS.
In addition to his parents, Carroll was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice McIntosh and Mary Geeslin.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will follow at a later date in the Rose Hill Cemetery, in Brown County.
If desired, contributions in Mr. McKinney's memory may be made to the Highland County Humane Society, the Leesburg Community Center or to the Highland County Historical Society. To sign the online guest book, go to www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.
He was born October 16, 1927 into a farming family in Clark Township, Brown County, OH, son of the late Vern Alvin McKinney and Zella Irene Richey McKinney.
A U. S. Army veteran of WWII, Carroll graduated from The Ohio State University and received his law degree from the Franklin Law School of Capital University. He was an attorney in Hillsboro for 52 years.
He was a former member of the Highland County Water Company Board of Directors, the Fairfield School Board, Fifth Third Bank Board of Directors, Leesburg American Legion, Village of Leesburg Solicitor, Ohio Bar Association, Highland County Bar Association, Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite.
Surviving is his wife whom he married July 31, 1976, Johanna M. McKinney of Leesburg, OH, daughter, Suzanna G. McKinney of Stuart, FL, step-son, William A. Garrett of Columbus, OH, step-grandson, Sean Garrett, step-granddaughter, Sarah Garrett of Columbus, and sister, Venus Kusnerus of Wichita, KS.
In addition to his parents, Carroll was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice McIntosh and Mary Geeslin.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will follow at a later date in the Rose Hill Cemetery, in Brown County.
If desired, contributions in Mr. McKinney's memory may be made to the Highland County Humane Society, the Leesburg Community Center or to the Highland County Historical Society. To sign the online guest book, go to www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.
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