Kathy McKinney

RINGGOLD Kathy Lynne McKinney, 49, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 9, 2012. She was born in Rossville, Ga., to the late, Norman Eugene and Joyce Marie Smith and was a lifelong resident of the North Georgia area. She was a member of Lakeview Wesleyan Church and was previously employed with Maaco Auto Painting as a Secretary for more than 20 years. She was very active with the MaryEllen Locher Cancer Support Group and was a loving sister, mother and grandmother, who will be greatly missed by all that knew her. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Carolyn Newbille.Survivors include her two daughters and sons-in-law, Vanessa and (Matt) Eaves, of Rock Spring, Ga., and Crystal and (Charles) Shaw, of Rossville, Ga.; three sisters, Mary Pavelka, of Corpus Christi, Texas, Norma Redmon, of Rossville, Ga., and Martha Johnson, of Chattanooga; eight grandchildren; special cousin, Ann Argenbright; several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in the Fort Oglethorpe Chapel with Brother Andy Walz officiating. Burial will follow in the Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park. The family will begin receiving friends after 2 p.m. Monday and prior to the service on Tuesday at the funeral home. Arrangements by W. L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Homes, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.