This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacKay, Henderson, MacPherson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WOC.2ACE/2713 Message Board Post: The Pictou Advocate, Wednesday, February 10, 1988 - John Russell MacKay, 81, of Linacy, Pictou County, died Saturday, Feb. 6 in Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow. Born in Glenelg, Guysborough County, he was a son of the late Alexander and Elizabeth (Henderson) MacKay. He had lived in Linacy for the past 12 years, having previously lived in P.E.I., Truro and Broadway, Pictou County. He was a retired 30-year-employee of Warren Maritimes Ltd., and was a former employee of Maritime Steel. He is survived by a daughter and several sons; a sister, Mrs Margaret MacPherson, Antigonish; two brothers, Phil and Bill, both of Ontario; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by an infant son; three brothers, Angus, Allan and Charlie; four sisters, Annie, Mary, Myrtle and Marcella. Funeral service was held Tuesday, Feb. 9 in H.W. Angus Funeral Home, New Glasgow, Rev. Murray Miller officiating. Burial was in Woodburn Cemetery, Woodburn.