Katy Michelle McKelvey, 18

Miss McKelvey was born Oct. 04, 1987 in Coffee County. She was a member of Pioneer Community Baptist Church, an employee of Sonic of McMinnville, a member of the top 10 percent Warren County graduating class of 2006, ROTC 2005-2006 Military Ball Queen, and Lieutenant Colonel Battalion Commander and Drill Team Commander of the Warren County High School ROTC.

Survivors include her mother, Julie Carol Bevis and companion Robert Llewellyn Foor of Hillsboro, father and stepmother, John Edwards and Geneva McKelvey of McMinnville; brothers Samuel Forrest McKelvey, Tyler Randolph McKelvey, Elijay Hugh McKelvey, Tristen Wallace McKelvey, and Lucas Llewellyn Foor; sisters, Rose Oleta McKelvey and Latrisha Lynn Foor; great-grandmother, Bobbie Bratcher; grandparents, Henry and Patsy Bevis, John and Caroline Harris, James Hugh and Elaine McKelvey, Greg and Diane McBride, and Betty Cole; aunts and uncles Nancy and Bobby Vajener; Larry and Melita McKelvey, Anthony and Mary Cay Khiel, Rebecca McKelvey, Kim Roberts, Christina Forsyth, Michael Cole, and Anthony and Shelia Brenneman. Many other friends and family members also survive.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Community Baptist Church. Bro. Gary Few and Bro. Bobby Wheeler officiating. Interment will follow at Hillsboro Methodist Cemetery. Grave rites will be administered by the Warren County High School ROTC Drill Team. The McKelvey family will receive friends today from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home and again on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Pioneer Community Baptist Church, 1707 Yager Rd., McMinnville, TN 37110. The church telephone number is 815-5683. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.net

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 24, 2006