Tuesday, April 23, 2024
GRANBURY - Andrea Mankins McKenzie born in Clarksville Texas on April 27, 1963 died after a hard and courageous battle with ovarian cancer surrounded by her family at home on January 31st 2020. Service: 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 8, 2020, Lakeside Baptist Church. Visitation: 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Friday, February 7, 2020, Wiley Funeral Home. Interment: Holly Hills Memorial Park.
Andrea was raised in Lewisville, TX and graduated from Lewisville High School in 1981. She married Jeff McKenzie on March 28th, 1987. She worked for Texas New Mexico Power for over 17 years. They moved to Granbury, TX when she and her husband bought Glenn Aire Company in 2005.
Andrea was passionate about her faith, loving her family especially her precious grandbabies and rooting on her favorite football teams, The Texas Longhorns and Dallas Cowboys.
She was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church and gained a second family there.
To know Andrea was to love her. She never met a stranger and had an infectious laugh that filled the room. She had a special gift for knowing when her family and friends were hurting.
Andrea is preceded and death by her parents, Ronald and Gayle Mankins and her nephew PFC Aaron Mark Hudson as well as her grandparents and numerous cousins, uncles and aunts.
She is survived by her husband, Jeff and three adult children, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren. Michael, Matthew and Brooke. Michael is married to Cortnie, they have two children, Adelaide and Garrison. Matthew is married to Lindsie, they have three children, Laken, Daxen and Rayla. She is also survived by her sister, Annette and brother-in-law Mark Hudson as well as her niece Lezlie Ferrell, and Jonathan Ferrell, who have two children, Silas and Evelyn.
Per Andrea's request, she would like attendees to wear red which was her signature color or teal which is the ovarian cancer awareness color.
In lieu of flowers, she wanted donations to ovarian cancer research. Please make a donation in her memory to ocrahope.org. Also please feel free to find her public page on Facebook, Fight Andrea Fight to learn more about her battle with ovarian cancer.
