Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 18, 1993 TAG: 9304190196
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BASSETT LENGTH: Short
OBIT KENNEY, BERNARD JUNIOR
KENNEY, Bernard Junior, 59, of Route 2, Bassett, died Saturday morning,
April 17, 1993, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. He was born January 30,
1934, in Tazewell County, to the late Andrew Kenney and Nellie Davidson
Kenney, and was preceded in death by one brother, Nicholas Kenney. Mr. Kenney
was employed by Bassett Furniture Industries as a machinist for the past 38
years, was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served during the Korean
conflict. He was a member of Bassett Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving
are his wife, Becky Dalton Kenney of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Tim (Leah)
Haynes of Greenwood, S.C., Mrs. David (Beth) McAlexander of Charlotte, N.C.;
four sisters, Stella Elizabeth Williams of Abbs Valley, Va., Louise Perry of
Woolwine, Pauline Mitchell of Honaker, and Violet Edwards of Bassett; one
brother, Johnnie Andrew Kenney, Christmas, Fla.; one grandchild, Stephen
Andrew Haynes, Greenwood, S.C.; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at the Bassett Pentecostal Holiness Church
with the Rev. David Robertson and Dr. James Gardner officiating. Burial will
follow at Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7
to 8:30 p.m. at Collins Funeral Services Chapel in Bassett.
by Bhavesh Jinadra
by CNB