Harriet Cecile Davis Mckie

Obituary: HARRIET CECILE DAVIS-MCKIE WAS BORN TO THE LATE GRACIE DAVIS AND THE LATE HARRY L. DAVIS ON FEBRUARY 26, 1943 IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON OCTOBER 14, 2016, AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. HARRIET'S SMILE WAS INFECTIOUS AND COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM. HER EARLY YEARS IN EDUCATION BEGAN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK, BUT LATER CONTINUED HER LEARNING IN RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS, GRADUATING FROM C A JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1960. THERE IS WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, JAMES A. MCKIE. FROM THIS UNION CAME FOUR LOVING CHILDREN LUCIUS MCKIE, GREGRORY MCKIE, DEMETRA MCKIE AND MICHELLE MCKIE, ALL OF COLUMBIA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND JAMES AND DAUGHTER DEMETRA MCKIE. AS A YOUNG LADY, HARRIET COMPLETED HER EDUCATION DEGREE FROM BENEDICT COLLEGE HERE IN COLUMBIA, SC AND BECAME A DISTINCT MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. AFTER 30 YEARS AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, HARRIET RETIRED FROM RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE, WHERE SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "MAMA MCKIE" BY HER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES. SHE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANY STUDENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CHEERLEADER COACH, HIGH SCHOOL PEP ADVISOR AND ALSO A GENERAL ADVISOR. COMMITTED TO WHOLE BODY, SPIRIT AND MIND, SHE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S AND YOUTH CLUBS, WHERE SHE SERVED AS A STATE SUPERVISOR AND LOCAL ADVISOR. SHE WAS A DILIGENT MEMBER OF THE C A JOHNSON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, THE SENIOR SAVVY GROUP, THE ROSARY ALTER SOCIETY AND THE KNIGHTS OF PETER CLAVER LADIES AUXILIARY OF ST MARTN DE PORRES CATHOLIC CHURCH. HARRIET WAS HONORED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN AS THE CATHOLIC WOMEN OF THE YEAR AND AS C A JOHNSON'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. THE GREATEST HONOR WAS BEING THE LOVING WIFE OF JAMES A MCKIE AND THE MOTHER OF HER FOUR CHILDREN AND A VERY SPECIAL GRAND SON JOREY MCKIE AND HER BELOVED GREAT GRAND SEMAJ MCKIE. HARRIET IS SURVIVED BY SONS LUCIUS AND GREGORY, DAUGHTER MICHELLE. HER FATHER IN LAW JAMES MCKIE, GRANDCHILDREN TRAVIS, KAYLA, TUNISIA, JOREY AND 2 GREAT GRANDS: SISTER IN LAW JULIA LEWIS, BROTHERS IN LAW SAMUEL MCKIE (YVONNE) HERBERT MCKIE (KAREN) . VERY SPECIAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. A HOST OF LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ALL WHOM WILL FOREVER CHERISH SPECIAL MOMENTS AND MEMORIES OF THE BELOVED WOMEN WITH THE PRETTIEST SMILE. Services: Columbia- Wake Service for Mrs. Harriet Cecile Davis McKie will be held 6:00 pm Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at JP Holley Funeral Home Columbia Chapel. A private Interment will follow at a later date.