BORN

1923

DIED

2010

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L. "Mac" MacKenzie Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on May 24, 2010.

MacKENZIE

"Mac" MacKenzie, 86, of Houston, TX, passed away on Monday morning, May 24, 2010. He was born Louis Lee "Bill" MacKenzie on November 24, 1923 in Baltimore, MD. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 and served in the Gulf of Mexico during WWII, and retired in 1973 as Lt. Commander. As part of the V-12 program he received his BS from Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later received his Master Degree in Education from Louisiana State University. He started his career as a teacher and principal. However, in 1950 he joined Shell Oil Company and worked his way up from a roughneck to a Human Resource Manager in the downtown Houston office; retiring in 1986.

Mac, a self proclaimed Renaissance man, was an accomplished artist, a published poet and a delight to everyone who knew him.

Mac was preceded in death by his parents, Enoch L. MacKenzie and Anne E. Mulcahy, his brother John P. "Jack", sister Jeanne M. Smith, and his wife Jewel L. MacKenzie.

He is survived by his sister Ann E. "Betty" Branning; beloved friend, Kitty Inman; his six children, Michael (Teri) MacKenzie, Laura (Ray) Barrios, Deborah (Kenneth) Welshons, Stephen MacKenzie, Carol (Walter) Wright, and Jeanne (Chris) Vrakas. He is survived by 13 grandchildren, Kenneth Welshons, III, Jennifer Welshons, Penelope Gandy, MacKenzie Wright, MeLeah Wright, Sean MacKenzie, Ian MacKenzie, Ryan MacKenzie, Wayne MacKenzie, Tim MacKenzie, Lauren MacKenzie, Katherine Shadix and Nicholas Vrakas and 4 great grandsons, Weston Welshons, Jenson Welshons, Tyler Gandy and Clive Shadix.

His family would like to thank the devoted staff and loving caregivers of St. Dominic's Village where he resided for the past two years.

Friends are invited to visitation with the family from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm with a Rosary being recited at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in the Warren chapel at St. Dominic Village, 2401 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77021. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:00 am in the Warren Chapel at St. Dominic Village. Interment will be at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Cemetery in Richard, Louisiana.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to The Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, Dominican Sisters of Houston, 6501 Almeda Rd., Houston, TX 77021, or a children's charity of your choice.

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January 13, 2011

Courtney Reppar

Michael,Laura,Debbie, Steve,Carol, Jeanne and Kitty, I have just found out the passing of Uncle Bill. Although you might not have met me I have heard stories of all of you when Uncle Bill would come to visit my mom Jeanne. I loved those visits. I also hated to see him leave. I loved your father from the first time I met him at 12 yrs old. I hope you are all well and your grief was quick to leave and replaced with the joy of having such an incredible man as a father and a long time friend. Thank you Kitty for bringing Uncle Bill to see my Mom before she passed. It was a gift we did not expect, but that is how God works isn't it. I hope in the future that we may all some day meet. Courtney

June 6, 2010

Kitty Inman

Michael, Laura, Debbie, Steve, Carol, Jeanne
Remember, that which was once known, we shall always know, and that which was once loved, we shall always love. Death takes all things but one...love, which is eternal...Kitty Inman

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