GEORGE CURRAN "Mac McCUE
Tupelo - George "Mac McCue, 56, died Friday, May 26, 2006, at The Sanctuary Hospice House after a brief illness. He was born March 9, 1950 in Pittsburg, Penn. to the late John Earl and Patricia Louise Poole McCue. Hagarstown, Maryland was his childhood home, where he was an Eagle Scout. He played football at the University of Maryland prior to graduating from The College of Charleston where he received a B.A. in history and then earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of South Carolina. He was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Marine Corp. Mac taught for over twenty years at a number of institutions of higher learning including The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. He loved sports, fly fishing, cooking, collecting antiques and especially his labrador retriever, Tabasco. He will be remembered for his incredible sense of humor and genuine love of people and life in general.
Memorial services will be held at a later date in Mt. Pleasant, SC. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Patti Still McCue of Tupelo; one sister, Karen Paulick and her husband Bill of Juneau, AK; and a special niece, Kristina Paulick of Juneau.
Memorials may be made to The Sanctuary Hospice House, PO Box 2177, Tupelo, MS 38803, or to a local Humane Society.