Lavern McKinnon

August 29, 1944 - March 22, 2021

Lavern McKinnon was born August 29, 1944 in Stuckey, Florida to parents, Essex Lee McKinnon and Janie Crawford McKinnon. He attended Lincoln Park High School in Clermont, Florida. Lavern met his wife Mary and the two married March 22, 1976. Lavern worked as a mechanic for the B&W Canning Company in Groveland, Florida for 34 years. He then went on to work for the Lake County School Board as a Custodian, until his retirement in 2016. Lavern loved welding, cleaning and telling Jokes doing any thing to make people laugh. He was known to give everyone a nickname and find the humor in any and every thing. Lavern was preceded in death by his parents: Essex Lee McKinnon and Janie Crawford McKinnon. Left to cherish his memory...Wife, Mary McKinnon of Mascotte, Florida; Son, Frederick Allen (Michele) of Leesburg, Florida; Daughter, Amanda McKinnon of Orlando, Florida; Like-a-Son, Tommie Davis of Mascotte, Florida; Siblings: Herbert McKinnon (Sophronia), David McKinnon, Willie McKinnon, Mildred Hodges, Bernice Hodges, Lois Brown, all of Stuckey, Florida; Pearlie Jones (David) of Mt. Dora, Florida and Joyce Williams of Eustis, Florida; Grandchildren: Nicole Allen and Brenden Robinson, both of Mascotte, Florida; Great Grandchild, Brielle Rouse of Ocoee, Florida; Uncle, Nathaniel Crawford (Virginia) of Tarpon Springs, Florida; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.