John L. Mckenney

John L McKenney, age 91 of Eden, North Carolina died Wednesday, January 17th at Morehead Nursing Center.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date, with interment at Chapel Heights Memory Gardens, in Marion Ohio.

John was born April 4, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of the late Thurman H McKenney and Cora Marie (Baker) McKenney. He graduated from Harding High School in Marion, Ohio, then attended Kenyon College, graduated with a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1948, and went on to complete his Ph.D. in Philosophy at The Ohio State University in 1952.  His career as a college professor spanned over 40 years, teaching at colleges and universities in Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, including the University of Arkansas, and Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. He retired from Philadelphia Community College in 1995.

Dr. McKenney is survived by two daughters, Alice McKenney (husband Joe Brehm) and Claire (Bill Sr) Bolden; his children’s mother, Ida Jo Grigg McKenney; grandchildren, Nathan Brehm, Aaron (Tami) Brehm, Frances Bolden (Chuck Hall), Alice (Adam) Reiter, Allen Bolden, Bill Bolden Jr, Ed Bolden; great-grandchildren, Ashley, Amber, Bill, Lydia, Coen, Lisa, Shane, and Blake; several McKenney-Baker cousins; dear friend, Anne Woods and her daughters, Donna and JoAnne.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com