JOSEPH W. MACKEY, MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, FORMERLY OF PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK

Graveside services for Joseph W. Mackey age 70, will be held with Military Honors and New York State Troopers Honor Guard on Saturday May 6, at 11am at the Glen Spey Cemetery, Glen Spey, NY. Rev. Anthony Moore will officiate. Joe was residing at Murphy, NC. and formerly was a life-long resident of Port Jervis. He passed away at Murphy, North Carolina. He was born at Port Jervis, NY on January 29, 1939, the son of the late Joseph Mackey and Mabel Mackechnie Mackey Fox, who survives. Joe was retired from the New York State Troopers as a law enforcement officer on the NYS Thruway, at Newburgh, NY. He was also an accomplished diver for the NYS Troopers. He was a veteran of the US Army, with the 101st Airborne Div. as a paratrooper and was discharged in 1963, after proudly serving our country. He married Lynn Fedorka Mackey, who survives at home. He is also survived by his mother Mabel Mackey Fox of Port Jervis,, 2 sons, Joseph Mackey of Tampa, Fla. and Jeffrey Mackey of Milford, Pa., his brother Robert Mackey and his wife Jackilyn of Port Jervis,, his grandson Chad and his aunt and uncle Russell and Peggy Mackechnie and several nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his step-father Joseph Fox. Memorial donations may be made to the Port Jervis-Deerpark Humane Society, Route 209, Port Jervis, NY or to the American Cancer Society. Arrangemnets are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. main St.,Port Jervis, NY. for information,directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com