Lillie Mae Mackay

Lillie was born October 14, 1931, in Richfield, Utah, to LeRoy and Martha Isabell Bradshaw Watters, the sixth of thirteen children and their first daughter. She enjoyed a childhood full of adventures in Richfield and on her grandparents' farm in Beaver. Though her parents were not active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was young, Lillie had been baptized at the age of eight and decided to attend seminary while in high school, where she built a testimony of faith that would continue to grow and sustain her the rest of her life.

Upon graduating from high school, she moved to Provo, Utah, to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse. After working for three years as a seamstress to save money for school, she started classes at Brigham Young University. A few months later, she was sitting in a church meeting and the speaker was Leonard Mackay, a young man who had just returned from serving a mission to England for the Church. She turned to a friend and said, "I am going to marry him someday."

After a happy courtship and during a snowball fight, Leonard proposed, and she said yes. They were married June 19, 1953, in the Saint George Utah Temple. Lillie and Leonard had five children—one son and four daughters. Though their children had many health needs, including the long-term care of her beloved daughter, Cheryl, Lillie was a devoted and tirelessly compassionate mother. She was her husband and children's strongest supporter and fiercest advocate.

In her later years, she and Leonard devoted themselves to Church service, serving a total of five missions together: one mission at the Provo MTC, three consecutive missions in the Provo Utah Mission Office, and one mission as proselytizing missionaries in Honduras. In her final years, her greatest joy was her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Lillie was a woman of unshakeable faith, incredible courage, and complete devotion to her family. Above all else, she was loved. Lillie Mae Watters Mackay passed away, peacefully and surrounded by family, on March 11, 2020. She was 88.

She was survived by her husband, Leonard; their children: Stan Mackay (Pam), Cynthia Dall (Craig), Susan Bramble (Curt), Cheryl Mackay, and Leslie Shull (Andrew); her siblings: JoAnn Jones, Carlos Watters, Mary Taylor, Martha Davis, Robert Watters; 15 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Chapel Location: Grandview 9th Ward | Provo, Utah

Arrangements: Nelson Family Mortuary

Interment: Provo City Cemetery

Obituary: © 2020 | Nelson Family Mortuary

Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley

SOURCE: Find A Grave.com

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