Elwanda White McKinley passed away on February 24, 2013 in Gulport, Mississippi after a brief illness.

She was born in Quitman to the late J. L. "Lynn" and Ethel White on January 11, 1930.  She was a wife, mother , and a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Mildred Wesson.  Survivors include her husband of nearly 64 years, Myron "Mac" McKinley of Slidell, LA, two sons and daughter-in-laws, Gary and Kathy McKinley of Quitman, D. D. and Janet McKinley of Picayune, MS:  four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.