Sally Osborne Mackie, 82, of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, died Sunday, April 24 2011, at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery in Blacksburg, after an extended illness.
Sally was born July 1, 1928, in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois to Samuel N. Osborne and Mary Capps Osborne. After attending Illinois College for two years she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1950. While at UNC she met William Ernest "Bill" Mackie, who would become her husband of 56 years.
Sally's life was marked by hospitality and service. She and Bill hosted weekly "Open House" gatherings for Virginia Tech students in the 1960s and 1970s, always a time of good food and enjoyable conversation. Sally's Christmas Eve parties and cocktail receptions for visiting faculty are fondly remembered by all who were welcomed into the Mackie home.
For many years Sally was the Executive Secretary for APSO, now known as Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Over the years she was also involved with numerous organizations which served the community, including the Human Relations Council, League of Women Voters, Virginia Mountain Housing (now Community Housing Partners), Interfaith Food Pantry, Christmas Store, Voluntary Action Center, FISH, Montgomery Free Clinic and the Board of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. A longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church, she served on the vestry and altar guild, and was a passionate advocate of outreach ministry.
Predeceased by her parents and husband, Sally is lovingly remembered by her daughters, Christy Mackie and Linda Mackie Griggs; son-in-law, Malcolm David Griggs; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Griggs and Michael Riley Griggs; aunt, Hope Dallman; cousin, Constance Luna; niece, Kathleen Fitzgibbon; and many beloved friends.
Christy and Linda would like to thank the medical staff at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery for their care and compassion to Sally and her family during the past several months.
A memorial service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, with the Rev. Scott West officiating.
Thanks so much to Riley family researchers for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this burial site, please let me know.
Sally was born July 1, 1928, in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois to Samuel N. Osborne and Mary Capps Osborne. After attending Illinois College for two years she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1950. While at UNC she met William Ernest "Bill" Mackie, who would become her husband of 56 years.
Sally's life was marked by hospitality and service. She and Bill hosted weekly "Open House" gatherings for Virginia Tech students in the 1960s and 1970s, always a time of good food and enjoyable conversation. Sally's Christmas Eve parties and cocktail receptions for visiting faculty are fondly remembered by all who were welcomed into the Mackie home.
For many years Sally was the Executive Secretary for APSO, now known as Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Over the years she was also involved with numerous organizations which served the community, including the Human Relations Council, League of Women Voters, Virginia Mountain Housing (now Community Housing Partners), Interfaith Food Pantry, Christmas Store, Voluntary Action Center, FISH, Montgomery Free Clinic and the Board of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. A longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church, she served on the vestry and altar guild, and was a passionate advocate of outreach ministry.
Predeceased by her parents and husband, Sally is lovingly remembered by her daughters, Christy Mackie and Linda Mackie Griggs; son-in-law, Malcolm David Griggs; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Griggs and Michael Riley Griggs; aunt, Hope Dallman; cousin, Constance Luna; niece, Kathleen Fitzgibbon; and many beloved friends.
Christy and Linda would like to thank the medical staff at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery for their care and compassion to Sally and her family during the past several months.
A memorial service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, with the Rev. Scott West officiating.
Thanks so much to Riley family researchers for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this burial site, please let me know.
Sally Osborne Mackie, 82, of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, died Sunday, April 24 2011, at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery in Blacksburg, after an extended illness.
Sally was born July 1, 1928, in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois to Samuel N. Osborne and Mary Capps Osborne. After attending Illinois College for two years she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1950. While at UNC she met William Ernest "Bill" Mackie, who would become her husband of 56 years.
Sally's life was marked by hospitality and service. She and Bill hosted weekly "Open House" gatherings for Virginia Tech students in the 1960s and 1970s, always a time of good food and enjoyable conversation. Sally's Christmas Eve parties and cocktail receptions for visiting faculty are fondly remembered by all who were welcomed into the Mackie home.
For many years Sally was the Executive Secretary for APSO, now known as Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Over the years she was also involved with numerous organizations which served the community, including the Human Relations Council, League of Women Voters, Virginia Mountain Housing (now Community Housing Partners), Interfaith Food Pantry, Christmas Store, Voluntary Action Center, FISH, Montgomery Free Clinic and the Board of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. A longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church, she served on the vestry and altar guild, and was a passionate advocate of outreach ministry.
Predeceased by her parents and husband, Sally is lovingly remembered by her daughters, Christy Mackie and Linda Mackie Griggs; son-in-law, Malcolm David Griggs; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Griggs and Michael Riley Griggs; aunt, Hope Dallman; cousin, Constance Luna; niece, Kathleen Fitzgibbon; and many beloved friends.
Christy and Linda would like to thank the medical staff at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery for their care and compassion to Sally and her family during the past several months.
A memorial service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, with the Rev. Scott West officiating.
Thanks so much to Riley family researchers for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this burial site, please let me know.
Sally was born July 1, 1928, in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois to Samuel N. Osborne and Mary Capps Osborne. After attending Illinois College for two years she transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1950. While at UNC she met William Ernest "Bill" Mackie, who would become her husband of 56 years.
Sally's life was marked by hospitality and service. She and Bill hosted weekly "Open House" gatherings for Virginia Tech students in the 1960s and 1970s, always a time of good food and enjoyable conversation. Sally's Christmas Eve parties and cocktail receptions for visiting faculty are fondly remembered by all who were welcomed into the Mackie home.
For many years Sally was the Executive Secretary for APSO, now known as Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. Over the years she was also involved with numerous organizations which served the community, including the Human Relations Council, League of Women Voters, Virginia Mountain Housing (now Community Housing Partners), Interfaith Food Pantry, Christmas Store, Voluntary Action Center, FISH, Montgomery Free Clinic and the Board of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library. A longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church, she served on the vestry and altar guild, and was a passionate advocate of outreach ministry.
Predeceased by her parents and husband, Sally is lovingly remembered by her daughters, Christy Mackie and Linda Mackie Griggs; son-in-law, Malcolm David Griggs; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Griggs and Michael Riley Griggs; aunt, Hope Dallman; cousin, Constance Luna; niece, Kathleen Fitzgibbon; and many beloved friends.
Christy and Linda would like to thank the medical staff at Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery for their care and compassion to Sally and her family during the past several months.
A memorial service was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, with the Rev. Scott West officiating.
Thanks so much to Riley family researchers for so much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions. If a closer relative than I would like to manage this burial site, please let me know.
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