Kenneth Maurice Mackey

Kenneth “Ken” Maurice Mackey, 77, of Pierce City passed away on Monday Aug. 9, 2021 at Communities of Wildwood Ranch in Joplin.
Mackey was born in Purdy, June 5, 1944. He was the son of Hurshell and Marie (Walters) Mackey. Mackey grew up on the family farm and graduated from Purdy High School in 1962. He met Lorene (Hamilton) of Pierce City on a blind date and they married on Nov. 16, 1962 at Morningside Baptist Church. They lived in Kansas City, Monett, Pierce City before moving to their farm where they would raise a family and call home for the next 55 years just three miles north of Pierce City.
Mackey worked maintenance for MoDOT from 1968 until he retired in 2006. He was a member of Dry Valley Fox Hunter’s Association.
Surviving are his wife, Lorene of Pierce City; son, Randy Mackey of Kansas City; daughter, Rhonda Mackey Duff (Mark Duff) of Sarcoxie; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Surviving siblings: one brother, Dayton Mackey of Monett, and two sisters, Doris DeCarlo of Dunwoody, Ga. and Phyllis Harper of Irving, Texas.
 Mackey was preceded in death by his parents: Hurshell and Marie Mackey, and brother James Mackey.
The family received friends from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021  at Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Funeral services followed at 11 a.m. with Rev. Arnold Ray Evans and Rev. Tim Steely officiating. Burial followed at Arnhart Cemetery Purdy. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City.