Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-11-27
The Death Of DR.. Rane
Mckinney.

Circuit Court for Lincoln coun-
~ to pay some suitable tribute
Of respectto the memory Of DIR.
RAEE MCKINNEY, ~ho died on
the 2:23nd'insf., atl0-o'cluck P. NJ,
at his late resilencc, and who
was at the tine of his deceasc
the Clerk Of said Circuit Court.
Whereupon. on motion of j..
II. Burnam, James B. Lamb
was called. TO the Chair and
Thos. Is. kerchcval appointed
Secretary of the meeting.
On motion Of ]. G.. Woods,
the chair appointed j. II. Bur
nam, D. ". Holman and A. o.
Battle a committee 10 draft and
report to this meeting resolu-
tions expressive Of the sense Of
the Bar upon the sad bereave-
ment wclare call the
sudden and unexpected loss Of
the DECEASED. While the COM
mittee had withdrawn for the
purpose Of drafting suitable
resolutions for the occasion, Mr.
Woods addressed the chair and
the meeting in substance as fol
lows: '@* s
MI. Chairman w e are called
upon as members Of the bar to
pay a tribute to the memory of
DR.. Rane Mckinney our Circuit
Court Clerk, and'ha appointed
a committee to draft resolutions
expressive of cur feelings, and
I think, Mr.. Chairman, that this
committee might have been
more appropriately called upon
10 express the sentiments Of
The whole county. Doctor Nc
Kinney was a man that had as
lew enemies Of any, as any
man in our community. | have
known him near thirty years,
and I have no recollection ofev-
.er hearing any one use an ex-
preston that indicated III the
remotest degree cnmitJ- for the
deceased; in fact, he was man
OF universal friendships, and one
who could and did sympathise
With every class Of the commu-
nity in all their sorrows and az
fiction, and reioiccd with then
in their health and prosperity
in short, he was a man that rose
above the little narrow selfish
ness that is so common TO Dul
race, and while he had no enc
mics, his, life and conduct was
such that it inspired in every
class of the community warm
and hearty love, friendship and
sympathy for him in his unset
Gsh efforts TO do good unto 9TH
era. Mr.. Chairman, Dr.. Nc
Kinney, like all, perhaps, had
the weaknesses and frailties that
mortality is subject to. Then
let rs who survive him throw
the mantle Of charity ever bis
errors and cherish his memory
IA connection with the many
noble traits of character OF
which he was possessed, and ell
deavor to initiate and practice
his many virtues.
Mr.. J. G. Carrigan then spake
as follows:
p Mr. Observation-Disclosures l
may say or can say on this oc-
casion, will and can be but q
7oor tribute 10 the memory OF
Or. Rane Mckinney, a man
who, while living commanded
the respect Of the whole cons
munity, and the many Who have
Just attended his funeral attest
the high esteem in which he is
held by the people in whose
midst he has lived so many years.
Like Mr.. Woods, l have never
heard ans man say one word in
enmity towards the deceased.
He as Clerk Of our Circuit
Court will be missed. Ever
kind and faithful in the per-
Torrance of his duties, he was
we'll calculated 10 rather make
the practice in this Court mat
tcrto be admired and sought
than avoided and dreaded. As
O friend his heart was always
kind and devoted. 1t has new
or vet been too cold or stormy or
warm or dark to prevent him
from visiting the sick, afflicted
and distressed of all classes and
colors, and by day and by night
with his skill as physician ard
his purse ever open, he was IN
deed a benefactor Of his race.
While his field of labor perhaps
l5 ao others. h.