Nellie Luke McKay

February 11, 2015

Nellie Luke McKay, 84, of Atmore, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015, in Atmore.  She was born on February 6, 1931, to the late Jim and Allein Jackson Luke in Neshoba County, MS.  She was a retired educator with 36 years of service with the Escambia County, Alabama and Florida, school systems.  She was a charter member of Delta Kappa Gamma.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Atmore.  She loved her family, church, and socializing and playing games with the church ladies on Thursdays.

She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne McKay and brothers Thomas Luke, Delane Luke, and James Luke, and sisters Willie J. Gray and Sybil Lundy.

She is survived by her daughters Barbara (John) Ryland, Sharon (George) McGhee, Carol (Steve) Killam, and Kim McKay, her brother Royce (Rose Marie) Luke, her grandchildren Nicole Killam, Chase (Sydney) McGhee, Kellie McGhee, and Hunter McKay, and her wonderful caregivers Beverly, Kanesha, Whitney, Judy, Janice, B.J. and Nell.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 13, 2015 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Atmore with Reverend Arnold Hendrix officiating.  Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Pallbearers are John Ryland, George McGhee, Steve Killam, Chase McGhee, Hunter McKay, and Mike McKay.  Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Atmore.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

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