John L. McKamy Goes to His Reward

John L. McKamy, whose death occurred in a Dallas hospital last Wednesday, June 10, was buried Thursday in Frankford cemetery beside the wife who passed away Feb. 25, 1928.  They lie side by side in the midst of the country they helped to bring to its present state of productivity.
Funeral services were held at the home of a son, L. S. McKamy in Dallas, and the remains were brot to Frankford and services held there in the old church house. Rev. Joe Morgan of Dallas was the officiating minister and assisting him were L. P. Smith, Tom Stirck of Renner and Earl Jones of Waxahachie. Pallbearers were: John Furneaux, Richard Horton, Clinton Sheppard, Taylor Jackson, Walter Moore and Miles Buchanan.
Mr. McKamy was born in Kingston, Tenn, Sept 21, 1849, and was the son of Capt. Wm. C. and Rachael L. McKamy. They came from pioneer American stock which had settled in Pennsylvania under contract with William Penn as colonizers. Some of the early McKamy's left Pennsylvania and went down into Virginia and some on into the Carolinas and some into Tennessee.
Ancestry on his mother's side dates back to the settling of the Western family of Scotland in Virginia. Later the family moved to Tennessee. Members of the family fought under George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. McKamy came with his parents to Texas in 1852. He was married Dec. 19, 1877, to Anna Simpson, who died Feb. 25, 1928.
Surviving are two sons, L. S. McKamy of Dallas and Charles C. McKamy of Carrollton; a daughter, Mrs. T. C. Dye of Plano and a brother, W. C. McKamy of Richardson. For 79 years John L. McKamy had been a moving factor in the upbuilding and the making of this portion of Texas. No small part of the advancement of the country is to his credit. A long and active and useful life has been ended. His children have a heritage of honorable life and worth accomplishment handed to them along with the more substantial perquisites of life.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, June 19, 1931
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams