Laurinburg, Dec. 15—Rev. Robert Lee McKinnon, Presbyterian minister, aged 32, was killed in an automobile accident at a crossing in Charleston, W. Va., last night at 11 o’clock. Details of the accident could not be ascertained. The deceased was born four miles from here and was a member of one of the most prominent families in Eastern North Carolina, and popular among his associates in Scotland county. He graduated at Davison in 1914 and Richmond Seminary in 1917.
He was associate pastor of Charleston, W. Va., at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and one child, also his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S.W. McKinnon; two sisters, Misses Olive and Grace McKinnon; four brothers, Martin, Murdock, John and E.W. Jr.
Funeral will be held at Laurinburg Presbyterian church at 11 o’clock Monday morning and interment will be at the McKinnon burial ground near the McKinnon home.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, December 17, 1923
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