Ramona Mackey, of Cassopolis

Published 10:11 am Saturday, June 20, 2020

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Dec. 2, 1954 — June 10, 2020

Ramona Faye Mackey, 65, of Cassopolis, died Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in her home.

She was born Dec. 2, 1954, in Kentwood, Louisiana, to Willie Atkins and Mildred Brown.

She married Joe Mackey II in the late 1970s and they had three children. 

Ramona enjoyed baking, cooking, and canning. She loved helping people and always had a home remedy for anything that ailed you. She was an avid gardener and loved reading, having her own small library. She had a magnetic personality and had a way of remembering anyone she came in contact with. 

Ramona will be greatly missed by family and friends. She is survived by her mother, Mildred Brown, of Hammond, Louisiana; one daughter, Jonasha Mackey, of South Bend; two sons, Joshua (LaShay) Mackey, of Charlotte, North Carolina, Joe (Shawna) Mackey III, of Elkhart; five grandchildren; sisters, Cheryl Smith, of Cypress, Texas, Terry (Ron) Turner, of Tampa, Florida, Valerie (Kenneth) Campbell, of Hammond, Louisiana, Melanie Mendez, of Montgomery, Alabama, Hazel Brown, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; brothers, Thomas (Gloria) Brown Sr., of Granger, Stafford (Sherri) Brown, of Arlington, Texas; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father; and one sister, Connie Martin.

The family will observe a private remembrance.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Connelly Chapel Wagner Family Funerals, Cassopolis. Please share a memory or a message online: wagnercares.com.