Kinney, James Franklin
Lt. Col. (Retired) James Franklin (Colonel) Kinney, age 89, died March 3, 2010 in Louisville, Tennessee. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Freedom Holy Temple Church with Glen Floyd officiating. A graveside service will take place 3:00 p.m. at Lewis County Memorial Gardens with military honors. Jim spent 21 years as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Fighting in two wars, WWII and Korea. He taught the first jet pilots of King Haile Salassie of Ethiopia and was the flight leader of the last air combat mission of the Korean War. Lt. Col. Kinney was born June 14, 1920 in Alhambra, California to the late Walter James Kinney and Jewel Rankin Kinney. He grew up in Hollywood, California. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Schoolcraft Kinney of Hohenwald; two daughters, Aimee Ruth (Ralph) Tackett of Hohenwald and Marion Jewel (John) Shorrock of Indiana; one son, Richard James (Kim) Kinney of Zephyrhills, Florida; one step-daughter, Sheila Karen (Roger) Majors of Louisville; two step-sons, Herbert Blaine (Virginia) Sapp and Ernest Nathan (Dinah) Sapp, both of Hohenwald; one sister, Blanche Ellen Evans of Duarte, California; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister, Mary Catherine Achillich.