Background
Mackey, Betty Barr was born on April 14, 1945 in Hartley, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Irwin R. and Florence Lenore (Skliar) B.
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Mackey, Betty Barr was born on April 14, 1945 in Hartley, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Irwin R. and Florence Lenore (Skliar) B.
Bachelor of Science, Drexel University, 1967.
Copy editor, Warner Bros. Saunders Publishers, Philadelphia, 1967-1968;
writer, since 1977;
photographer, Wayne, Pennsylvania, since 1993;
public, B.B. Mackey Books, Wayne, since 1986. Consultant, Wayne, Longwood, Florida, since 1984.
Lecturer in field.
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Member League of Women Voters, New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, since 1971. Board directors Greater Mercer Comprehensive Planning Council, 1981-1983. Member Garden Writers Association American (local arrangements committee 2006), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (cookbook committee 1992), Publications Marketing Association.
Workshop leader, Long Gardens, 2006-2008.
Married Thomas E. Mackey, July 20, 1968. Children: Edward Leland, Alan Thomas.