Stacy McKinney, 59
Car Wash Attendant

LAKELAND -- Mr. Stacy Hakeem McKinney, a self-employed car wash attendant known as the "Car Wash Man," died of heart failure Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 59years of age.

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he came to Lakeland from there in 1980.

"He used to have a lot of hobbies," said a friend of the family, Joyce McAllister of Lakeland. "He liked to go bike riding or to the beach, playing with his 5-year-old daughter. Most of the time he took her around and did a lot of stuff with her -- like go to the park, and do a little here and a little there."

He attended Word Alive Ministry.

Mr. McKinney is survived by his wife of nine years, Sonia McKinney; daughters, Melissa McKinney, Lakeland, Angie McKinney, St. Louis; sisters, Esther Howard, South Bend, Ind., Glendora Gates, Shirley Parker, Detroit, Lois Rogers, St. Louis; brothers, James Gilmore, Sam McKinney, both of Lakeland, James McKinney, South Bend, Carl McKinney Jr., Milford McKinney, Leroy McKinney, Lewis McKinney; two grandchildren.

Services at Coney Funeral Home.