Rava Rose Leffew McKinney

Rava Rose Leffew McKinney, 74, died Monday, November 18, 2013, in Amarillo.

Services were held on Thursday, November 21, 2013, in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Anthony Knowles, Rev. Bobby Ellerbrook, and Rev. Calvin Burrow, officiating.

Interment followed at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements were under Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Rava was born October 9, 1939, in Memphis to Willis Leary and Georgia Claris Rich Leffew. She had been a resident of Clarendon most of her life. She married James O. McKinney on November 2, 1954, in Fort Sumner, NM. She graduated from the Clarendon College Cosmetology program and was a hairdresser for several years. She then later worked in the family business, McKinney Motor Co. for more than 15 years. Her favorite activities were traveling and shopping. She was a member of the Red Hatters Club and the Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1998; and a grandson, Tim McKinney in 2012.

She is survived by 2 sons, Edward McKinney and wife Connie of McLean, Lynn McKinney and wife Gina of Clarendon; 3 brothers, Doyle Leffew and wife Jo of Stinnett, Darrell Leffew and wife Wilma of Clarendon, Larry Lynn Leffew and wife Teresa of Paden, OK; 3 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren.

The family requests that memorials be sent to Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon or BSA Hospice in Amarillo.