Majorie Meeker Kimbrell Oct. 1927-Aug. 2020 of the Britannia Club, where she took pictures of members during their club meetings. She also gave inspirational talks at the meetings. Her favorite foods were chocolate, Olallieberry pie, and waffles with strawberries and maple syrup. She often said that Peanut M& M’s were her secret to good health and a long life. Marjorie passed away peacefully on Aug. 12, surrounded by family. She is survived by sons Bob (Rosalie) and Steve (Ann); daughters Jill and Sue (Rick); grandchildren Sarah (Jeff), Peter (Jennifer), Scott, and Wes; greatgrandchildren Riley, Emily, Evan, Aubry, and Reymond, and many nieces and nephews. She had a big smile as well as a big heart and was a forever teacher. Marjorie Meeker Kimbrell was born on Oct. 11, 1927, to George Coleman Meeker and Marjorie Wyckoff Meeker in Los Angeles, California, after coming to California in a Model T Ford from Salem, Oregon. She was the youngest of three children, with brother John and sister Mary preceeding her. After studying literature and philosophy and receiving a bachelor’s degree from USC, she married Robert Kimbrell in 1949. They moved to Downey in 1951, where they raised four children. The family went on many camping vacations and played games and sports together. They attended the Downey United Methodist Church. She enjoyed being a mother (Mom), grandmother (Grammarj), great-grandmother (G.G., a.k.a. Great Grammarj), and aunt (Aunt Marjie). She was an avid tennis player and bridge player. She loved the beach, wearing scarves, flying kites, gardening, making greeting cards, stamping and quilting. Her favorite things to do involved being in her children’s school activities, a Girl Scout leader, trainer of leaders, substitute teacher, tutor, ballroom dancer, and being a member of the Dancin’ Grandmas. She loved Dixieland Jazz and the Long Beach Municipal Band. She lived in Leisure World since 2002. She was a member

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 grave-side service on Tuesday,