David Lynn McKinnie, 70, of Medon passed away Dec. 16, 2023, at Tri Star Centennial Medical Center, from heart failure.
Funeral services were 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Robert Greene and Jake McKinnie officiating.
Burial followed at Bethel Cemetery.
The family received friends at Crook Avenue from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday.
He was born July 28, 1953, in Bolivar, the son of the late J.D. and Birdie Pearl Kiestler McKinnie. He grew up in the Hebron Community of Hardeman County and was a 1971 graduate of Bolivar Central High School.
He married Cathy Knipper on Jan. 24, 1975, and they made their home in Chester County. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. He managed and worked as a mechanic for Citgo in Middleton from 1975 until 1978, then at the Lion Station in Henderson from 1978 until 1986. In 1986, he began working for the Bolivar Post Office as mail carrier and window clerk, retiring in 2012.
He loved working with kids and was very active in the Dixie Youth Baseball, basketball and high school and college football.
He is survived by his wife, Cathy Colleen Knipper McKinnie of Medon; two sons, Jake (Jennifer) McKinnie of Knoxville and Clay (Caitlyn) McKinnie of Bells; three grandchildren, Aubrey, Mason and Greyson McKinnie; two brothers, Dale McKinnie of Middleton and Sammy McKinnie of Whiteville; four sisters, Glenda Dampier of Jasper, Fla., Brenda (Gary) Hazelwood of Whiteville, Rita (Billy) Kirk of Middleton and Gail McKinnie of Middleton; a brother and sister-in law, Jerry and Nan Knipper of Henderson; and one great aunt, Laveda Kiestler of Humboldt.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jimmy McKinnie.
