Mrs. Rose Marie McKinney's Obituary
Mrs. Rose Marie McKinney went home to be with her Lord on November 29, 2022. She was born on March 12, 1936 to Ethel Preston and Virgil Mack Beeman.
Rose Marie’s real passion was always her family, providing them with unending concern, love and care. She loved her church, good music and the piano. She also loved playing bridge and the Frist Art Museum where she volunteered for over 15 years.
Rose Marie graduated with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1957. On August 11, 1962, Rose Marie married the love of her life, Thomas Allen McKinney, Sr. who passed away on February 19, 1980.
In her earlier years, Rose Marie enjoyed her teaching career while raising her son and taking care of her parents in their later years.
Surviving her is her beloved son, Thomas Allen McKinney, Jr., and his wife Paralee Colley McKinney, grandsons Thomas Allen McKinney, III and William Price McKinney and granddaughter Virginia Lee McKinney.
A celebration of her life will be held on Sunday December 4, 2022 at Spring Hill Funeral Home, 5110 Gallatin Road, Nashville, TN at 3pm. Visitation from 1-3pm. Rev. Jim Norton and Rev. Ann Cover will officiate. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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