 FUQUA, JACQUELINE ANNE RINI (Jacki/Mom) passed away January 12, 2014 in her home after a brave battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family. Jacki was born in Chicago, IL in l938. She attended college at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. She moved to Albuquerque in l977 along with her two young sons, from Memphis, Tennessee. She filled the lives of everyone she knew with her enthusiasm, warm attentiveness, her glorious smile and love of life. A loyal and true friend to all she loved, Jacki spread her kindness and her delight throughout her family and her social world. A wonderful mother and a cherished sister, Jacki was also a gifted weaver, an avid photographer, and as she always said, "once a biker, always a biker." She rode her BMW all over the western United States and twice chaired the BMW rally in Sipapu, New Mexico. Jacki was the business manager and photography editor of New Mexico's Century magazine in the l980s. She worked for Lovelace Hospital, Hirst/Cordova Public Relations, and for Fishback Dance Studios. Earlier, she was a physician's assistant in a private practice in Memphis. Jacki traveled far and wide and as often as she could, including numerous trips to Oxford, Rome, Paris and Florence, and around the southwest. She brought joy and comfort to all those around her. She adored her family and they were her life. She was preceded in death by her husband Don Fuqua of Murray, Kentucky, her mother and father Marjorie and S. Jack Rini of Los Lunas, and her grandmother Helen Herman of Albuquerque. She is survived by two sons, Marshall Fuqua and wife Jeri of Iowa, Christopher Fuqua and wife Deanna Chavez; granddaughters Mercedes and Sophia; brother Jim Rini and wife Nancy Kendall; sister Rini Price and husband V.B. Price; step-nephews Jody Price and wife Amy, and Keir Price and his children Ryan and Talia. Jacki will always be missed, always treasured, always honored, and forever loved by all of us. May she ride forever. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in her name to the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation in Albuquerque. A small private family service will be held.
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