James Frederick Kinney Sr., 84, beloved husband of 60 years to Barbara Weldon Kinney, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital.
He was born in Sumter, a son of the late Thomas Dan Kinney and Mattie Truluck Kinney. He served in Korea in the U.S. Army for four years. He was president of JFK Inc., a former vice president of Plowden Construction Company, a former S.C. state constable for more than 40 years and was chairman emeritus of Sumter County Area Iptay Representatives.
Mr. Kinney served as a former chairman on the City of Sumter Zoning Board of Adjustments, the Sumter Sunset Country Club, the Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee and the Convention Visitors Bureau. He was a member of the Omar Shrine Club and the Claremont Masonic Lodge #64 and was an active member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, where he served as a former chairman of the Administration Board, chairman of the Building Committee Sanctuary, a lay leader, a lay delegate to the annual conference and President of the Men’s Club. He will always be remembered as a most loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Surviving in addition to his wife are: two daughters, Pam Kinney Channell and her husband, Jim, of Irmo and Pet Kinney Rogers of Myrtle Beach; a brother, Col. Charles W. Kinney and his wife, Jackie, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; three sisters, Susan Kinney Driggers of Sumter, Eleanor Kinney Bradham and her husband, Roy, of Weatherford, Texas, and Anne Kinney Frazier and her husband, Johnny, of Albany, Ga.; a sister-in-law, Diane Budine of Sumter; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, James F. Kinney Jr., and a sister, Betty Kinney Covington.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Webb Belangia and the Rev. Dr. Reginald Thackston officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Kenneth Andrews, Dale Atkinson, Jim Channell, Jay Driggers, Ben Harper, Jamie Kinney, Andre Riddlespurger and Forrest Snipes.
Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Atkinson, Sam Anderson and the members of the Wesley Sunday school class.
The family will receive friends today from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or to Hospice Compassus, 1923 E. Main St., Duncan, SC 29334.
You may sign the family’s guest book atwww.bullockfuneralhome.com.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.
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