Watheda Jane McKinney, age 53, of Girdler, passed away Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Knox County Hospital in Barbourville, Ky. Watheda was the mother of Carla Jane Simmons and her husband Ford of Girdler, and Margaret Jennifer Leann McVey and her husband Jessie of Bimble, the sister of Luetta Rhodes of Liberty, KY and Kathy Hubbard of Middlesboro, and the grandmother of Joseph Simmons, Brittany Simmons, Destiny Simmons, Jesse Carl McVey, and Jennifer LeAnn McVey.
Watheda was preceded in death by her mother Wanda Faye Hinkle, and a brother Jerry Messer.
Funeral services for Watheda McKinney will be conducted at 2PM Friday at the Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Family Cemetery at Flat Lick. The family of Watheda will receives friends from 5-9 PM Thursday at the Hampton Funeral Home