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ARLX015 Past Northern Florida Section Manager Royal V. Mackey, N4ADI
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Special Bulletin 15  ARLX015
From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  December 18, 2014
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLX015 Past Northern Florida Section Manager Royal V. Mackey, N4ADI
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Past ARRL Northern Florida Section Manager Royal V. "Roy" Mackey,
N4ADI, of Winter Park, Florida, died December 5. He was 96 and had
not been active as a radio amateur for several years. Mackey served
as Northern Florida Section Manager from 1986 until 1990. After two
terms as Section Manager, he served as a Northern Florida Assistant
Section Manager from 1990 until 1997.

Mackey was instrumental in launching the Volunteer Examiner program
in Central Florida. He was a member of the Quarter Century Wireless
Association (QCWA).

"Roy's passing marks another of The Greatest Generation leaving our
midst," said Paul Blumhardt, K5RT, a friend who got to know Mackey
and his late wife Carolyn when he was a teenager. "He was a very
kind, gentle person, I never heard a cross word from him - well,
maybe except at the cat a time or two. Roy touched the lives of many
in our Amateur Radio community, and he will be missed."

Survivors include two sons and a daughter. A memorial service is set
for Saturday, December 20, 11 AM, at First Presbyterian Church of
Maitland, 341 N Orlando Avenue, Maitland, Florida 32751. The family
has suggested memorial donations to the First Presbyterian Church of
Maitland.
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