A farewell to Coach McKee
Sad tidings this past weekend.
Longime Dudley High School coach and athletics director Jonathan McKee died Saturday while recuperating from heart surgery.
I remember Coach as more gentle-natured than you'd expect a guy who shaped young football players and made them sweat laps in the late-summer sun.
Coach McKee had lost his son Tony, the former Smith High coach, to an auto accident in April.
He also had created in his home his own personal shrine to Dudley athletics.
Good game, Coach, fair and well-played.
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Coach McKee, Maggie Keesee-Forrester and Jim Schlosser's mom. Not a good week for the home team.
Posted on August 15, 2006 8:31 AM
Yup, Lex, our prayers go out to all of their loved ones.
I got to know Maggie's husband, Chuck, much better than her, but I always found her warm and personable (a calming influence on her more excitable hubbie).
She appears to have been a trailblazer and an independent thinker.
She also helped Chuck manage his computer.
As for Chuck, he and I rarely agree (especially on Truth and Reconciliation) but I've gotten to like him anyway.
And I respect his backing of a Legacy Fund to pay for county capital projects.
Posted on August 15, 2006 12:49 PM