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Submitted: 6/25/22 • Approved: 6/25/22 • Last Updated: 6/28/22 • R1437833-G705328-S3
Raymond
US Navy
Korea
November 6, 1930 - January 16, 2011
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Democrat
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Raymond Hershel Mackey, 80, of Shiloh, IL passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family on January 16, 2011. Mr. Mackey, a longtime resident of Wentzville, MO, had been a middle school science teacher for the Wentzville School District from 1963 through 1991, when he retired.
Raymond was born in Gravel Hill, AR on November 6, 1930, and graduated from Russellville High School in 1949. A Korean War Veteran, Mr. Mackey served in the Navy with distinction from 1950 through 1954. Raymond met his wife Beatrice while they both attended Arkansas Polytechnic College in Russellville. Mr. Mackey graduated in 1959 and began his teaching career in Lamar, AR that same year. Before moving to Wentzville, Mr. Mackey taught in Auxvasse, MO, from 1961 to 1963.
Mr. Mackey was preceded in death by his parents Leonard and Millie Mae Mackey, and his grandson, Jacob Kellogg. Raymond is survived by his wife of 54 years, Beatrice Mackey, his sister Lucy Mae Farmer, his children Raenell Mackey, Ron Mackey, Deatrice Kellogg and his grandsons Tanner Mackey, Alex Kellogg, Sumner Mackey and Zachary Kellogg.
Memorials may be made on Raymond’s behalf to www.jacobsladderfoundation.org, a charity in honor of his grandson that provides educational scholarship opportunities to kids in need.
Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, January 19th at 10:00 AM at the First Baptist Church in Fayetteville, AR. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 18th from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Rollins Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in the Ruddick Cemetery in Garfield, AR.
Arrangements are under the care of Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers, AR. Home, Rogers, AR.
Mildred
March 10, 1938 - December 25, 2020
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Mildred "Bea" Beatrice Huffman Mackey, 82, of Springfield, Mo., passed peacefully Christmas morning after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born in Busch, Ark., on the White River on March 10, 1938, to Elmer and Claudis Huffman.
She was a graduate of Eureka Springs High School's Class of 1956 and Arkansas Tech University's class of 1961 where she met and married her college love, Ray, in 1957.
She was an elementary teacher for over 30 years in the Wentzville, Mo., school district. Her love and concern for children was evidenced by her involvement in the Missouri Science Conservation summer camps and graduate work with the learning disabled children of the school district. She worked for many years as the director of Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church of Wentzville, Mo.
She is remembered by her grandchildren for nature walks in which she boldly captured a multitude of live specimens for the kids inspection and enjoyment; long games of Farkle, baking brownies, and serving up chicken and dumplings.
She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Raymond Herschel Mackey; grandson Jacob Freimon Kellogg; brothers Charles Elmer Huffman and Donald Ray Huffman; and sister Martha DeAnn Cannon.
She is survived by brother James Thomas Huffman; her three children and their spouses Deborah Raenell Mackey and Cheryl Perry, Ronnie and Annette Mackey and Dr. Deatrice and Steve Kellogg; grandchildren Nicole Silverman, Tanner and Sumner Mackey and Alex and Zachary Kellogg; and many nieces and nephews.
She will be missed by many whose lives she touched, loved and mentored through the years.
A visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers, Ark., from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral service will held following the visitation at 11 a.m. at Rollins Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Ruddick Cemetery in Garfield, Ark. Online condolence may be made at www.rollinsfuneral.com.
Married August 8, 1957
Contributed on 6/25/22 by wfields55
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