Background
Mackey, Willia W. was born on November 26, 1934 in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Samuel Whitaker and Octavia (Harris) Whitaker-Blount.
Mackey, Willia W. was born on November 26, 1934 in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Samuel Whitaker and Octavia (Harris) Whitaker-Blount.
Student, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1951, 52, 54; Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, St. Agnes Hospital Nursing School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1958; diploma, Alexandria School Practical Nursing, 1990.
Nursing supervisor, St. Agnes Hospital, Raleigh, 1958-1959; head nurse, John's Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1959-1962; charge nurse Intensive Care Unit, The Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1963-1966; charge nurse medical-surgical unit, The Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1966-1971; head nurse, The Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1971-1972; nursing supervisor Duke St., Alexandria Hospital, 1972-1973; director medical-surgical nursing units, Alexandria Hospital, 1973-1977; assistant director, patient representative, The Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1977-1986; director patient representative services administration department, The Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, since 1986.
Liaison local community to Alexandria School Board, 1970-1971. Supervisor nurses unit Ebenezer Church, 1985-1986, president missionary society, 1987-1989, 90. Member National Society Patients Representatives and Consumer Affairs (distinguished award 1988), Order Eastern Star (patient representative Potomac chapter 1984).
Married Nathaniel Lee Mackey, September 20, 1958. Children: Natalie, Daryl, Juna, James.