Relatives and friends, The People's Funeral Chapel will provide Funeral Services for McKinley located at 501 N. Douty St, Hanford, California. Public visitation begins at 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023, and funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A burial at Hanford Cemetery will follow the funeral service located at 10500 S. 10th Ave, Hanford, California 93230.
The Minter family moved from Shreveport, Louisiana to San Francisco, California in 1944, and in 1946, the Minter family moved to Hanford, California, where McKinley Minter Jr. was a lifelong resident. Dearly loved and loving husband and father, McKinley was his family's strong provider and protector. He worked hard and instilled the exact characteristics of how hard work pays off in his family.
McKinley accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and served as an Associate Pastor alongside his wife as Pastor at New Light Baptist Church in Hanford, California. As a Six-Inch Tuber Manufacturing, McKinley retired from Pirelli Tires, formerly Armstrong Rubber Co., in Hanford, California. During his high school years, McKinley or "Mack was mentioned in the local paper over twenty times for his athletic abilities. He was a basketball player and a track athlete. McKinley was an excellent cook and loved road trips, visiting family, and the Casinos.
McKinley Jr. was predeceased by his first wife, Adell B. Minter, his second wife Burdella Minter; and two of his sons Eric Minter and Troy A. Minter and his sister Betty Minter. McKinley Jr. is survived by his children and step children in the following order: McKinley Minter III, Lasondra Minter, Tracy Mabinton, Kenneth Boxton, Joe Boxton and David Boxton, as well as a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and family.
Psalm 1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
