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- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 5 Jul 2002.
McKinyen, Mary Edith (Nanny), age 90, of West Knoxville, passed away after a long battle with Alzhimers Disease, Friday, July 5, 2002 at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She graduated from the old Knoxville High School. She was retired after 48 years of service from Standard Knitting Mills and served her country by working at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories during World War II. A long-standing member of Middlebrook Pike Methodist Church and a member of the Eastern Star Bearden Chapter #437. She was preceded in death by husband, Blaine Judson McKinyen; son, Bob L. McKinyen; mother, Minnie Irwin Lett; Father, Millard Lett; step-mother, Lillian Lett; brothers, Lawrence Lett and Herbert Lett; sister, Ruth Miller.
Survivors
Grandsons, Noel and Chris McKinyen; great-grandchild, Cody McKinyen. Also survived by brothers and loving spouses: Paul Lett, Millard Lett, Jr., Hugh Lett, and sister Elizabeth Swan; special niece, Joyce Plummer; also many special nieces and nephews and relatives and a host of special friends. The family would like to express many thanks to the doctors, nurses, and staff of Hillcrest who became her second family with special added care while she was living there.
Service
Funeral 6:30 pm Tuesday, Berry Funeral Home Chapel, Reverend Nathan Malone officiating. Interment 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 413-05-4502.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
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