Mary Joyce Mackey Aug. 1931-Nov. 2020
Nov. 18, at 2 p.m., at the El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, California. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Mary’s memory to LBDA.org, which is the Lewy Body Dementia Association.
Mary Joyce ( Pressley) Mackey passed peacefully on Nov. 6 in Laguna Niguel, California, surrounded by family.
She is survived by brother Alton Pressley; children Sandra Lander (Hans), David Huff (June), Terri Nader (George); six grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Born in 1931 in Talladega, Alabama, Mary was the oldest of Lucille and Ural Pressley’s 10 children. Raised in the Baptist church, she grew up cooking, milking cows and tending to her siblings.
Married in 1956 to her true love, they moved the next year to California, where she spent the rest of her life.
During her life, Mary worked as a switchboard operator, in clothing sales and factories, as a receptionist and traffic guard, as well as an emergency dispatcher at Leisure World, where she lived for almost 25 years. She retired at 82.
She enjoyed cooking for family, singing in the choir, dancing to country music and doing hair for friends and family, and she took comfort from reading the Bible.
Traveling became a passion later in life. Her adventures included going to Hawaii and several cruises, the last being to the Mediterranean at age 80.
Mary was preceded in death by husbands William, Brice and Richard as well as a greatgrandson, Cody. Her joyful spirit and big hugs were loved by all who knew her and will be dearly missed.
Mary’s life was honored at a graveside service on Tuesday,
