Freestone County, Texas	 	
Obituaries


The Mexia Daily News
April 25, 2007 

Bessie Estelle (Mathison) Mackey

Mrs. Bessie Estelle Mackey, 87, of Mexia, passed away Monday, April 23, 2007, at
her home.

Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2007, at the 
Groesbeck Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2007, at 
Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Clayton Griggs and the Rev. Walter
Rose officiating. Burial will follow in Wortham Cemetery at Wortham.

Mrs. Mackey was born September 3, 1919, to John Newton and Carney O’Niel Bosley
Mathison in Navarro County, Texas. She graduated from high school in 1937, was
employed as a Bookkeeper ast McRee Motors in Dickinson, until her retirement in
1972. She married John William Mackey on February 3, 1993.

Mrs. Mackey is survived by her son, Johnnie Niel Mackey, Sr, and wife Nelda of 
Mexia; a daughter, Ruby Jean Mackey Shelby and husband Tom of Baytown; a 
brother, Dewey Mathison of Kerrville; six grandchildren - Johnnie Niel Mackey, 
Jr., and wife Connie of Houston, Suzanne Mackey Wilson and husband Michael of 
Groesbeck, Jennifer Shelby Bourgeois of Baytown, Rebecca Shelby Busby and 
husband Roy of St. Stephens, Alabama, Wm. Harper Shelby and wife Shelly of 
League City, and Jay H. Shelby and wife Denise of Baytown; 22 great-
grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Zachary Stewart, William Mackey, Dennis Mackey, Benjamin Busby,
Caleb Stewart and Niel Mackey. Honorary pallbearers are Richard Mazac, Jacob 
Busby, Andrew Busby, Zephyr Shelby, Brennan Shelby and Joseph Shelby.