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ROSALENE MCKINNEY

ROSALENE

MCKINNEY

Rosalene Pearl McKinney, age 87, of Middlebourne, WV is celebrating being together again with her husband of 62 years, Virgil who died in 2012.

Rosalene died September 14, 2018 in Sunnyslope Nursing Home, in Bowerston, Ohio.

She was born March 17, 1931 in Blandsville, Doddridge County, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Alfred and Lura Lipscomb Blake.

She was a retired sales clerk with the former Murphy Mart and a Protestant by faith. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, birds and butterflies.

She dearly loved her little dog, Jenny.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Kenneth, Harold and Earl Blake: and an infant sister, Delphi Blake.

Survivors include two sons, Robert W. McKinney of St. Clairsville, Ohio and James A. (Lois) McKinney of New Philadelphia, Ohio; a daughter, Vickie E. Meadows (Dale) of Clarksburg, West Virginia; two sisters, Sue Nicholson of Weston, WV and Wavelene Cowger of Apple Creek, Ohio. She was the proud grandmother to Amanda McKinney (Tony), Wendy (Andy) Grove, Cody McKinney, Breanna McKinney, Joshua Fingal, Scarlett Meadows and Tim (Cheyenne) Meadows. She was also a great-grandmother to Arionna, Layla, Bella, Alex, and Shaina. She was also the aunt to several nieces and nephews.

Family will receive friends on Monday from 3 to 8 p.m. at Grisell Funeral Home and Crematory, 751 Third St., New Martinsville, WV where funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at noon. Interment in Beechwood Cemetery, Tyler City, West Virginia.

Sympathy expressions at grisellfuneralhomes.com.