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James McKinnon Obituary
Mr. McKinnon died Thursday, September 4, 2008. Born in Columbia, he was a son of the late James Hubert and Mary Smith McKinnon. He attended the Columbia public schools and the University of South Carolina. He retired from Syntex Laboratories after thirty years as a territory manager. He was a licensed real estate appraiser and founded McKinnon Appraisal Company.
Mr. McKinnon was a member of the Columbia Rotary Club, the Palmetto Club, Forest Lake Club, the Saint Andrews Society of Columbia, the Eastover Hunting Club and the Williston Duck Hunting Club. He served as a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Surviving are his wife of forty-two years, June Hammond McKinnon; daughter and son-in-law, Mary Smythe McKinnon Kannapell and Charles Carter Kannapell, junior of Washington, D.C.; sister, Frances Johnson of Lake Wateree; and brother, Henry McKinnon of Nashville, Tenn. He was predeceased by his son, Matthew Hammond McKinnon.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Columbia.
The family will receive friends at the McKinnon’s home Saturday, September 6, 6-8 p.m.
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Memories and Condolences
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Ann Weldon
September 12, 2008
June,
We just learned this sad news. Deepest symapthy to you. You're in our prayers and thoughts.
Skip & Ann Weldon
Bill Fincher
September 11, 2008
June & Smythe, When Bill, Jr. drowned all of you grieved with me and in doing so you carried part of my grief in your hearts and on your shoulders. Please know that I am grieving with you now and I pray that my thoughts and prayers, along with those of so many others, will help in some small way to sustain you. It was a true blessing that I was able to visit and enjoy a scotch or two with Jim in his last weeks. Our talks had depth and I witnessed his courage. I witnessed your's too June and the two of you were awesome. I send you my love.
September 6, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We have lost a longtime friend who will be missed. Ben and Jim go back to grammar school and as small children growing up in Shandon Baptist Church. love, Ben an Connie Emerson
Jimmy Hook
September 6, 2008
June, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Jimmy Hook (Dreher High classmate)
Stacie Emerson Bartlett
September 6, 2008
June,
My prayers are with you and your family. I enjoyed the time I was able to spend with you and Jim at Dad's birthday party earlier this year. Jim was always a special person in Dad's life and I know he will be greatly missed.
Friendship is a blessed gift. I am sure from all of the stories I have heard over the years I have no doubt that there will be several thirty niners welcoming him into heaven and several still here that are grateful to have had his friendship all these years.
I will continue to pray for you in the days to come and hope we will also be able to visit again soon.
Stacie Emerson Bartlett
James Glenn
September 6, 2008
I was sorry to learn of Jim's death. We knew each other growing up on Preston street in Columbia, were later in the same fraternity at USC, and I further had opportunities to visit through his work as a pharmaceutical representative.
My kindest regards to his family.
Shannon Mahaffey
September 6, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Regards,
Shannon & Tom Mahaffey, Jr.
Jim Cherry
September 6, 2008
Rosa and I were so sorry to read about Jim in today's paper. Jim and I knew each other in grammar school, at Hand Jr. High, and were in the same homeroom for our 4 years at Dreher. In recent years, we enjoyed our chats with you at the Palmetto Club Christmas Party--we'll miss him and will be thinking of the family in the coming days.
Tommy and Martha Garvin
September 5, 2008
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
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