Linda Elizabeth Blackmon McKinney

September 23, 1944 — June 2, 2024

Concord

Linda Elizabeth McKinney, 79, of Concord, passed away Sunday, June 2, 2024, at Lakeside Health & Rehab in Huntersville.

Linda was born September 23, 1944, in Charlotte North Carolina to the late Carl Henry Blackmon and the late Margaret Elizabeth Blackmon.
She was preceded in death by husband, Charles Gwynn McKinney, Sr.; brothers, Carl Van Buren Blackmon, Robert Franklin Blackmon, and James Terry Blackmon.

How do you say a few things about a woman that meant so much to so many. Our mother would teach us how to share, how to love, how to have compassion, how to help others, how to be a friend to others, how to clean, how to cook, I could go on and on, the most important thing she taught us was how to be a better person.

Our mother could work in construction one minute and come home and take care of her family the next. She always kept an eye on us no matter how old we were.

She absolutely adored her grandchildren. Each one had their own unique quality and boy the love she would give them (Rotten to say the least). She always wanted more for all of us than she could give of course, all parents and grandparents want that for their children.

The most important thing to her was her family and she was the kindest, generous, loving, mother and grandmother we could ever ask for…

To our mother we say our final goodbye and thank you for giving us the strength to continue our journey as grown adults without your presence here on this earth, now to know that she is ALWAYS with us in spirit.

Our dearest Thank you, With the most Love, Gratitude, and affection.

Your Children.

A Graveside service will be on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 11:00 am at Gethsemane Cemetery and Memorial Gardens in Charlotte, officiated by Rev. Erik S. Johnson. A burial will follow at the Gethsemane Cemetery and Memorial Gardens at 1504 W. Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte.

Survivors include sons Charles Gwynn McKinney Jr. (Chris) his wife Tracey McKinney their children Charles McKinney III (Trey), Logan McKinney, Brandon Porter, John Henry McKinney, his children Joseph McKinney and Kylie McKinney, Robert Franklin McKinney his children Patrick McKinney, Austin Blackwelder and Bryan Hancock, and daughter Ronda Lynn Treadway, her husband Andrew Treadway (Scott), her son John Rhinehardt and his wife Bridgette Rhinehardt.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord is serving the McKinney family.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

11:00am - 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

Gethsemane Cemetery & Memorial Gardens

1504 W Sugar Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262

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