Thursday, July 9, 1998

Nellie Mae Mack

Active member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church

Nellie Mae Mack, 92, formerly of 850 Beech Street, Washington, died Tuesday, July 7, 1998, in Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington, after a brief illness.

She was born June 25, 1906, in Washington, a daughter of Richard and Anna Mae Patterson Thomas.

Mrs. Mack was a homemaker and was a member of the Negro Women's Federation, the Rosebud Art and Literary Club and Eva Brooks Missionary Society.

She was a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, where she was a member of the stewardess board and the gospel choir and a former Sunday school teacher.

On October 31, 1923, she married Robert Mack, who died March 18, 1973.

Surviving are a son, Leonard G. Mack of Washington; three brothers, Archie and Warren Thomas, both of Washington, and Sell Thomas of Waldorf, Md.; a sister, Alleen Ferrell of Washington; five grandchildren, Stacy Vactor, Robert G. and Lenane Mack, Sonja Wilson and Cynthia R. Taylor; eight great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are a son, Robert J. Mack Jr.; two brothers, John and Richard Thomas; and three sisters, Celestine Johnson, Dorothe Wilson and Alice Campbell.





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