Neicie Jeanette McKinion

Neicie Jeanette McKinion, 75, died Friday, July 26, 2024 in Canton at her residence. Jeanette was born the third of four daughters on January 7, 1949 to Rev. Horace and Mary Keene, in Union, Mississippi.
Jeanette grew up and attended elementary through high school in Union. She obtained her certification and licensure in nursing home administration as a young woman.
Jeanette spent the majority of her career in administration at Beverly Healthcare in Cleveland, Mississippi.
She was known to be an excellent leader in healthcare, maintaining clean, attractive facilities and had a gift for organization, detail, and creating a warm, patient family friendly environment.
Her children described her as a capable, focused, and independent businesswoman who was always beautifully dressed and poised. She was the best at what she did and often was sent to other nursing facilities to make improvements and to train other administrators and staff.
They stated there was nothing she could not create or accomplish.
Jeanette was the mother of 3 children that she raised in Cleveland, where she maintained her home for many years, with her hobbies in gardening and cooking. She also enjoyed her animals and always had a Maltese and a cat sharing her home. Her most favorite hobby of all began as a young girl when she became a fan of Elvis Presley and spent her life collecting memorabilia, such as photographs, videos, etc. Jeanette's Christian faith was also very important to her and she was a lifelong Baptist. Jeanette's survivors include her children, daughter Emily Burroughs of Cleveland; son Scott McKinion and wife Belinda, of Saltillo; son John McKinion and wife Diana, of Oxford; her five grandchildren, Anna Scott McKinion, Will Burroughs, Henry McKinion, Mary Mc Burroughs, and Emma Jane McKinion, her sisters, Patricia Killen of Gautier, and Nancy Cocke of Madison. Jeanette was preceded in death by her former husband, Bob McKinion and her sister, Frances Ward. The family is having a private memorial service in