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Albany | Jim Young

by Jim Young
Eugene Mackey, former teacher, farmer, father and substitute for the local preacher.
Eugene Mackey gives his son George, a driving lesson on the tractor.
Eugene Mackey visits his mother, Myrtle Mackey Wilson, in a Tennessee nursing home.
Eugene Mackey and his son,George Eugene Mackey II.
Eugene Mackey teaching a Wednesday night bible study class in the Albany Church of Christ. He has been filling in as the preacher nice the previous preacher quit and left.
Eugene Mackey raking hay on his Clinton County farm.
Eugene Mackey at home talking about his days as a teacher in Clinton County’s one room schools.
Wayne Riddle and Eugene Mackey closing a deal for Riddle to bale Mackey’s hay.
Eugene Mackey
Eugene Mackey and his son George.
Eugene Mackey giving his son George a driving lesson on the tractor.
Homework time, George and Catherine get help from their dad Eugene Mackey.
The Mackeys at home Catherine at the piano, Eugene in the chair, wife Melvina studying at the table and George on the couch.
Eugene Mackey listens as his wife discusses a problem over a misunderstanding with the nursing home where his mother is staying, son George is leaning on the chair.
Eugene Mackey and his son George in front of their house.
Eugene Mackey visiting his mother Myrtle Mackey Wilson in a Tennessee nursing home.
Eugene Mackey and his son George the calves in the background are Mackey’s main source of income since his retirement.
Eugene Mackey
Eugene Mackey tries to get an old cow that had laid down to die back on its feet.

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