Posted: 3:03 PM - May 31, 2000
I sent for some records from the Luginbuel Funeral Service in Vinita OK...I've scanned them and put them on my McKay pages in my Coats Blueprints pages...but thought I might post this info here, since I'm not aware of any McKay family in OK and KS other than my Leah McKay and James H. Dotts....
From Luginbuel Funeral Service:
Nettie McKay
date of death: May 28, 1955
place of death: Houston TX
birth place: Sparta TN
date of birth: Jan 1, 1871
age 84 years
housewife - own home
father's name: Elsiaha Meredith (could be Ellsiaha as well)
Mother's maiden name: LeAnn Scott
interment date: June 31, 1955
cemetery: Fairview
location: Vinita, OK
Newspaper obituary reads:
Rites held here for Mrs. McKay, 84
Graveside services for Mrs. Nettie McKay, 84, a former Vinita resident who died at 8 a.m. Friday in the home of her daughter in Houston, TX, were held at 11 a.m. today in Fairview cemetery here.
Rev. Frank Elkins, First Baptist church pastor, officiated. Burial was under the direction of Luginbuel Brothers Funeral home.
Mrs. McKay, born Jan. 1, 1871, in Sparta, TN was the widow of F.E. McKay pioneer MKT railway agent who died here in 1930.
The McKays moved to Vinita in 1913. He was MKT railway agent here from 1913 until his death in 1930. Mrs. McKay moved to the home of her daughter in Houston shortly after her husband's death. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, Houston.
Survivors include: the daughter, Mrs. Gaylord Latta, Houston; one son, A.E. McKay, Fort Worth, TX; two sisters, Mrs. W.W. Edwards, Houston, and Mrs. J.F. Hickey, San Francisco, CA; and three grandchildren.
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I'm not sure how or if she's connected to any of the other McKay families...
Charlotte
From Luginbuel Funeral Service:
Nettie McKay
date of death: May 28, 1955
place of death: Houston TX
birth place: Sparta TN
date of birth: Jan 1, 1871
age 84 years
housewife - own home
father's name: Elsiaha Meredith (could be Ellsiaha as well)
Mother's maiden name: LeAnn Scott
interment date: June 31, 1955
cemetery: Fairview
location: Vinita, OK
Newspaper obituary reads:
Rites held here for Mrs. McKay, 84
Graveside services for Mrs. Nettie McKay, 84, a former Vinita resident who died at 8 a.m. Friday in the home of her daughter in Houston, TX, were held at 11 a.m. today in Fairview cemetery here.
Rev. Frank Elkins, First Baptist church pastor, officiated. Burial was under the direction of Luginbuel Brothers Funeral home.
Mrs. McKay, born Jan. 1, 1871, in Sparta, TN was the widow of F.E. McKay pioneer MKT railway agent who died here in 1930.
The McKays moved to Vinita in 1913. He was MKT railway agent here from 1913 until his death in 1930. Mrs. McKay moved to the home of her daughter in Houston shortly after her husband's death. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, Houston.
Survivors include: the daughter, Mrs. Gaylord Latta, Houston; one son, A.E. McKay, Fort Worth, TX; two sisters, Mrs. W.W. Edwards, Houston, and Mrs. J.F. Hickey, San Francisco, CA; and three grandchildren.
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I'm not sure how or if she's connected to any of the other McKay families...
Charlotte