Henry Rennie McKelvie, age 91 resident of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on December 24, 2016 and has gone home to be with the Lord. He was born in Gaston Co. NC to the late Henry Moholland McKelvie and Ruth May Campbell McKelvie. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Alice Pettitt McKelvie; sisters, Mary McKelvie and Anne Murphy McKelvie. Henry graduated from Duke University and was a textile chemist. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

SURVIVORS: Brothers: Gilbert McKelvie, Brooklyn, NY

Milton McKelvie, Taft, TN

Sister: Ruth Markel, Pomona, CA

Special Nephew: David Murphy and wife Ginger, Matthews, NC

Nieces: Ruth Anne Murphy, Lincolnton, NC

Mary Webster, Roanoke, VA

Martha Reavis, Waynesville, NC

Rebekah Curtis, Lincolnton, NC

GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Friday December 30, 2016

2:00 P.M. Rev. Greg Martin, officiating

VISITATION: immediately following the service in the cemetery.

INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, North Carolina

MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, Senior Fund, 111 E. King Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086

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ARRANGEMENTS: HARRIS FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA