Posted: 10:02 AM - Jun 15, 2006
Michael McKay
(Courtesy of Elizabeth K. Harp)

Mary Elizabeth McKay Allen died 17th January 2006 at the age of 87. She was born in Cisco, Texas, the daughter of Percy Warren McKay and Mary Green McKay. She spent her childhood years from 6 months to about 11 years old in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia before moving to a farm near Thurmont, MD.

Mary painted a picture of the McKay home in Warren County, VA that has been displayed at our Virginia McKay reunion in the past.

Mary McKay Allen is survived by her children, David William Allen and Elizabeth Kay Allen; her grandchildren, Molly McKay Allen, Elizabeth Jayne Allen, Allen McKay Harp and Daniel David Harp; and her siblings, Robert McKay, Richard H. McKay, P. Warren McKay and E. Fran McKay. She was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Allen; her parents and one brother, William McKay.