Michael Raymond McGuinn, 68, of Miami, Fla., died Sunday, April 3, 2011.
He was born in Hendersonville, N.C., on Feb. 2, 1943, son of Raymond and Hilda McGuinn. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting at the University of Miami. He was a sports enthusiast, especially for the Boston Red Sox, Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes. He was devoted to his family.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Hilda and Charles Horne; two daughters, Katherine Gaff, husband Ron and children Lily, Colin and Evan of Baltimore, Md., and Elizabeth Norris, husband Jim and children Andrew and Ryan of Evans City, Penn.; son, Michael Raymond McGuinn Jr. of Sterling, Va.; brother Phillip Brown McGuinn and wife Kate of Naples, Italy, and sister Patricia McGuinn Gatlin and husband Leon of Charlotte, N.C.; nephews Tyler Brown Kline and family of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Nathan Drake Kline and family of Charlotte, N.C.; Houlton Charles McGuinn and Drake Donovan McGuinn of Naples, Italy.
Mike spent his youth in Hendersonville and Tryon and his adult life in Miami, Fla. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Services will be held at a later date at Manassas Battle Ground, Manassas, Va. Memorials may be made to lung cancer research.
Online condolences may be sent to patgatlin@bellsouth.net.