Norman "Skinner" Mckee

Strike up the band – Assemble the choir – Another soldier’s coming home. Angus Norman “Skinner” McKee, 95, passed away to his eternal home on February 6, 2017.Skinner graduated from St. John’s High School, Darlington, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND and Southern Seminary, Louisville, KY. Skinner was a Baptist pastor for 60 years in the Florence and Darlington area and a counselor at Florence-Darlington Technical College for eighteen years. As a member of our greatest generation, he served as a proud Marine in the Pacific arena during World War II. Skinner was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar “Ted” and Marion Gainey McKee of Darlington; his brother, Col. Stanton McKee; his brother-in-law, Harmon Baldwin and his son-in-law, Edward Lee. Skinner is survived by his wife, Lonny Danuser McKee of the home; his four children, Dr. Michael (Julie) McKee of Winston-Salem, NC, Dr. John (Beverly) McKee of Florence, Myra (Mike) Taylor of Winona Lake, Indiana and Julie (Lamine) Thiam of Florence and Columbia; his eleven grandchildren, Adrianne McKee, Katherine McKee, Stephen McKee, John-David (Heather) McKee, Christopher McKee, Rachel (John) Stangland, Rebekah (Paul) Dreisbach, Kristen Taylor, Joanna Taylor, Cody Treadaway and Samantha Mahaffey; his two- great-granddaughters, Sophia and Kinley Stangland; his sister, Jane Baldwin and many nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Evergreen Baptist Church Family Life Center on Friday, February 10, 2017.Graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the church cemetery directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Cooks For Christ, 2500 W. Andover Road, Florence, SC 29501. Please sign the tribute wall for Mr. McKee at www.stoudenmiredowling.com.