Obit of Mackie, Joy Lorraine (Todd) - Canadian County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     21 Aug 2005
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Surnames: TODD, MACKIE, ADAMS, PERRY, GOLDING, WALLS, CRAWFORD, PICKARD, 
          MAJORS, MARTIN, TEMPLETON

Joy L. Mackie

from 3-4-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Mrs. Joy Lorraine (Todd) Mackie, 73, resident of Wann, Oklahoma died 
Sunday at her home after a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday at the Wann United 
Methodist Church with. Interment will be in the Mackie Family Cemetery. 
Funeral services and interment will be directed by the Stumpff Funeral 
Home in Bartlesville.

In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established with the Jane Phillips 
Hospice, 219 N. Virginia, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003 for those who wish 
to donate in her memory.

Born near El Reno, Oklahoma on August 15, 1929 to George H and Lillie R. 
(Adams) Todd. She moved to a farm west of Bartlesville in the early 
1930"s. She attended school at the rural Buck Creek School and moved to 
rural Copan in 1939 and graduated from Copan High School in May of 1947. 
Upon graduation she was employed by the H.C. Price Company in 
Bartlesville. She married John L. Mackie of rural Wann on September 3, 
1949 at Bentonville, Arkansas. She moved with John in 1950 to Elton, 
Louisiana and both worked for the Anderson Brothers Pipeline Company of 
Houston, Texas. While working for Anderson Brothers they lived in 
Louisiana, Texas, Manitoba, Canada, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. They 
returned to Wann, Oklahoma in 1953 and have made their home there since 
that time. She served as 4-H club coach for the Wann 4-H Club in the 
1960's and early 1970's. She belonged to the Wann Home Demonstration Club 
# 2. She returned to work in 1967 for the Dewey Livestock Sale Company and 
was part owner in the 1970"s She sold her interest in the company in 1981 
and continued part-time employment with the Dewey Stockyards in the 1980"s 
and early 1990's. She was appointed to the First Oklahoma Health Council 
by Dewey Bartlett, Governor of the State of Oklahoma in 1968 and served 
thru 1972. In 1970 -1971 she was a member of the Planning Board, 
responsible for bringing rural water and sewage to the Wann area. She 
served on the Board of Directors of the Rural Water and Sewage Board for 
over 20 years.

She is survived by her husband John of the home, one son John L. Mackie, 
Jr. and his wife Susanna of Wann, three daughters; Laura L. Mackie and her 
husband John Perry of Oklahoma City, Diana L. Mackie of Norman and April 
A. Mackie of Oklahoma City. Four "Great" grandchildren; Christina Mackie 
of Wann, John Lee Mackie III, of Wann, John M. Perry, IV of Oklahoma City 
and Jennifer M. Perry of Oklahoma City, one brother; George Todd of 
Bartlesville and two sisters; Mary Golding of Tulsa and June Walls of 
Sapulpa and Several Nieces and Nephews. She was preceded in death by her 
parents, three brothers; Ralph, Robert and Alan and 5 sisters; Daisy 
Crawford, Lois Pickard, Rosa Majors, Ruth Martin and Laura Templeton.
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