- Date Of Birth: February 28, 1928
- Date Of Death: September 13, 2021
- State: Mississippi
Dewey Eugene McKee went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, September 13, after a rewarding and well-lived life of 93 years. He was born in Wayne County on February 28, 1928.
In 1968 McKee returned home to the Whistler Community of Wayne County to begin a 23-year education career in the Wayne County schools. He was a history teacher and assistant principal at Beat Four High School for 12 years before being named the principal at Waynesboro Junior High from 1980-1987. In 1987, he was elected Superintendent of Education of the Wayne County Schools until his retirement from education in 1992. He also served on the Jones County Junior College Board of Trustees while Superintendent.
After his retirement McKee remained active in the community by helping fellow veterans and neighbors, as well as serving as the secretary of the Retired Military Officers Association in Laurel. He also was active in the Wayne County Genealogy and Waynesboro-Wayne County Library.
He was a member and deacon of West Shady Grove Baptist Church for 53 years.
McKee is preceded in death by his parents Grover McKee and Eula Elliott McKee, a son Donald Eugene McKee, a brother Leroy McKee, and a great granddaughter Haylee McKee. He is survived by his wife of 71 years Gladys Pitts McKee; his son Dale McKee (Teresa); his daughters Dr. Suzanne McKee-Waddell (Jerry), Jana McKee Pitts (Daryl), and Lara McKee, all of Waynesboro. He is also survived by his grandchildren Whitney Bounds (Adam) of Hattiesburg; Derek McKee (Merry) of McKinney, Texas; Brett McKee (Katy) of San Diego, California; Margaret Pitts of Oxford and Mallory Pitts of Starkville. His great grandchildren Wilkes and Baylor Bounds of Hattiesburg and Kenley and Cayson McKee of McKinney, Texas, also survive him.
