Minnie Lyons McKeehan

Mrs. Minnie Lyons McKeehan, 97, 284 Tester Road, Elizabethton died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Sam and Ellen Arnett Lyons. Mrs. McKeehan was a homemaker and she was a member of Lynn Avenue Church of God.            In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Taylor McKeehan; a son, Roy McKeehan; a grandson, Howard Lee McKeehan Jr.; three sons-in-law, Nick Bartalone, William R. Kite and Thomas Herman; five brothers, Harrison Lyons, Alvin Lyons, Jack Lyons, Joe Lyons and Anderson Lyons and a sister, Geneva Hubbard. Survivors include three sons, Norman “Buddy” McKeehan and Howard McKeehan, both of Spruce Pine, NC and Ralph E. McKeehan, Elizabethton; seven daughters, Ola Kite, Kingsport; Peggy Johnson and Pearl Solis, both of Hobbs, New Mexico; Phyllis Bartalone, Elizabethton, Kay Herman, Johnson City, Margaret Lewis, Elizabethton and Wanalynn Chapman, Jonesborough; two brothers, Edward Lyons, Johnson City and Sam Lyons Jr., Indiana and three sisters, Annie Tester, Elizabethton, Martha Fuller, Phoenix, Arizona and Mary Lou Freeman, North Carolina. Numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.            Funeral service for Mrs. Minnie Lyons McKeehan will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, January 14, 2010 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home with Rev. Scott Greene officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00-7:00 P.M. on Thursday prior to the funeral service.             Graveside service and interment will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Friday, January 15, 2010 in McKeehan Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 9:50 A.M. on Friday for the graveside service.            The family would like to express special thanks to Pine Ridge Care Center for their loving care to their mother.            Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to the Activity Group, Pine Ridge Care Center, 1200 Spruce Lane, Elizabethton, TN 37643.Read Obituary