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Obituary for MACKEY


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday January 11, 2009

Kip Timothy Mackey, age 37, a resident of New Mexico left our world on Saturday, January 3, 2009 to find love, peace and acceptance in heaven. He will be remembered always in the hearts of his family Robin, Sonny and Andrea Benac of Albuquerque, NM; David, Susan, Whitney, Courtney and Tyler Mackey of Wyckoff, NJ and his love, Christy Gavin of Deming, NM; along with his numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. His friends and acquaintances everywhere will always be blessed for having shared moments of his brief life. He was very proud of his service with the Marine Corp where he was deployed to Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield and Kuwait for Desert Storm. "Semper Fi!". After a private Memorial Service, Kip will be interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers and gifts, the family requests that all share his love for dogs by making donations to either Watermelon Mountain Ranch Animal Center (www.wmranch.org) or St. Francis Sanctuary for Animals, P.O. Box 336, Pinehill, NM 87357. "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you." Please visit our online guestbook for Kip at RememberTheirStory.com French 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400