Between generations

Eugene Mackey fills many roles in Albany, father, teacher, and fill-in preacher, while caring for his aging mother in a Tennessee nursing home.

Eugene Mackey wears many hats in Albany: father, teacher, and now, filling in as preacher at the Church of Christ.

Across a typical stretch of days, you can find him teaching his children at the kitchen table, giving son George a driving lesson on the tractor, leading a Wednesday night Bible study, and visiting his mother at a nursing home across the state line in Tennessee.

At home, the family gathers in the evening; Catherine at the piano, wife Melvina studying at the table, George on the couch, while Eugene works through a nursing home misunderstanding involving his mother’s care.