McKinneyBettyBetty Sue McKinney was born September 27, 1930 in Zephyr, Texas to Hubert and Opal Locks. She passed away Monday at the Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas.

Betty was reared in Zephyr and graduated from Zephyr high school in 1947. She graduated from Shannon School of Nursing in May of 1950. Betty worked in health care from Texas to Indiana; she retired from her nursing career in Odessa, Texas after nearly fifty years of service to others.
She met James McKinney in Odessa where they were married March 18, 1962.

Betty is survived by her husband James McKinney, One daughter Towanna and husband Jimmy Nail of Zephyr, Texas, two sons James L. McKinney of Casa Grande, Arizona and Randy G. McKinney of Odessa, Texas. She is also survived by two grandsons, five granddaughters, and eleven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, one brother David L. Locks and a granddaughter Jamie Kay McKinney

Funeral Services will be held Thursday July 7, 2011, 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM at Heartland Funeral Home Chapel

Graveside is Thursday July 7, 2011, 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM at Zephyr Cemetery