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Mack Denzil Boggs, 68, of Spencer fought a battle with three
types of cancer until he was eternally healed on Thursday, April 11,
2002, at
Roane General Hospital, Spencer.
He was born Aug. 12, 1933, at Linden, Roane County, a son of the late
Howard
and Ruby Sheppard Boggs. The family moved to Canoe, and when Mack
was 16
months old they moved to Round Knob where they lived until Mack left
to attend
West Virginia University. Mack graduated from Spencer High School in
1951.
He was president of the Future Farmers of America, where he was
State Farmer
in 1950 and State Dairy Farmer in 1951. Mack was a member of the
local 4-H
Club for 10 years and was a member of the State Livestock Judging
Team
Competition and National 4-H Club Congress. He represented West
Virginia in
the National Competition in Chicago in 1950. Mack and Doris
Merrett, also
know as Liz LaMac, were high school sweethearts and were married in
1952 at
Morgantown. Mack entered the ministry as a local United Methodist
pastor in
Reedy, and served the West United Methodist churches while attending
West
Virginia Wesleyan College, where he graduated with honors in 1962. He
received
a bachelor of arts degree in sociology with minors in psychology and
history. He
was Minister of the Year and received the prestigious Frances Asbury
Award.
Mack obtained his masters in divinity degree in 1967 from the
Methodist
Theological School of Ohio and was an ordained deacon and elder and
served
churches in West Virginia and Ohio for 20 years including
congregations in
Reedy, Weston, Grantsville, Huttonsville, Cottageville, and Pennsboro,
and
Kirkpatrick, Ohio.
In 1957, Mack became career manager and agent for his wife, Liz
LaMac, and
her career as a professional ventriloquist. This was an extremely
successful
combination. They retired in 1995 to Spencer from Nashville,
Tennessee In his
retirement, he directed his interest to Roane County, having been a
Democratic
Party activist, and served as editor of the Roane County Democrat
newspaper for
several years. Mack was always proud to be a Democrat and a
Methodist.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Doris "Liz LaMac" Merrett Boggs;
two
sons, Jeffrey Boggs of Wytheville, Virginia, and Martin Boggs of
Nashville, Tennessee;
three daughters, Penny Plummer of Wytheville, Sheree Schold of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and Sonia McGee of Spencer; two brothers, Daris Boggs of Belpre, Ohio,
and
Harlen Boggs of Charlotte, North Carolina; one sister, Elah Jan Starcher
of St. Albans, West Virginia;
seven grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a multitude of
aunts, uncles,
cousins, nephews, nieces and friends.
A Celebration of Life service and a buffet supper in honor of Mack will
be 6:30
p.m. Saturday at the St. Johns United Methodist Church, Spencer with
the Rev.
David Calvert officiating. The buffet supper was planned by Mack and
family to
express appreciation to each of you present and the hundreds not
present who
have shared in a moment in the time and space of his life and is being
prepared by
the ladies of St. John's United Methodist Church. The supper is planned
on an
evening for the convenience of all those who would like to attend.
Private family burial will be in the Clover Cemetery, Clover.
It is the wish of the family that you smile when you think of Mack
instead of cry
when you miss him. In memory of Mack, if individuals prefer, donations
may be
made to the church of the donor's choice, the American Cancer
Society, or the
American Diabetes Foundation, c/o Busch Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43,
Elizabeth, WV 26143.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Busch Funeral Home, Elizabeth.
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