Loyd McKiney

Loyd McKiney, 95, left this world for heaven on Nov. 6, 2015. He left behind a loving wife of 75 years, Lillie Guffey McKiney. Survivors are Danny and Kay Brown, grandchildren, (Valton) Vickie Brown Sprott, all of Clinton, Morton (Traci) Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa.; great-grandchildren: Josh Hensley, (Mark) Kristen Hensley Kiefer, all of Conway, Lily, Harper, Henry and Reed Weatherford-Brown of Pittsburgh, Pa. and a whole host of "adopted grandchildren" including but not limited to (Brian) Desiree Sprott Lewis and Carrisa, Ashlyn and Kylie, Shalena, Serenity, Sapphire, Segan Appleby, Keara Sprott and Zaeya and Ava Benton, Tracy Bolden Black, Wesley aka "Oscar" Black, Tanya Bolden Huie, Tara Bolden Snider, Tanya Mackey, Merissa Main and other neighborhood kids who have grown up and moved away; a sister, Margie McKinney Barnett and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Doris Jean; parents and eight other siblings. Loyd was born in Elba, "Elby" to Floyd and Ruthie Cox McKiney. He lived in the Van Buren and Stone county area all of his life with the exception of temporary displacement for work and his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a manual laborer from the time he was big enough to handle a hoe in his family's fields, in lumber mills, the log woods, share cropping, at the farmers co-op, with WPA, as a WWII airplane mechanic, school bus driver, lawnmower mechanic, and a master vegetable gardener. He was a Christian and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Visitation will be 10 a.m. and Funeral Service will be 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home Chapel, Clinton, Ark. with Pastor Danny Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Lexington Cemetery with U.S. Navy Military Honors. Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Roller-McNutt Funeral Home of Clinton, Ark. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/clinton.