Mac was 84 years of age. He passed at home on 12/6/2019 with his wife and children by his side.
Born in Brooker, Florida, 7/12/1935. He grew up in Palatka, Florida where he met and married Emma Jean Boggan in April of 1955. He served in the Air Force from 1952 - 1974.
When he retired from the Air Force, he became a resident of Jacksonville, Florida. He received his Masters in Accounting from UNF, and then worked as an accountant with Coastal Power, and then as a Counselor with the Duval County School Board.
After retiring from the School Board, he worked for Bent Creek Golf Club. Mac was an avid golfer who spent countless hours on the course with many of his friends. He was a family man who liked nothing more than hosting his children and grandchildren with family cookouts and swim parties. The more the merrier. A counselor, sometimes physics teacher and part time golf instructor, he worked at Baldwin High School and to this day he would run into former students who would fondly greet and remember Mr. McGauley. He will be remembered for his quick wit, his generous personality, and sage wisdom.
William Jennings "Mac" McGauley was predeceased by his father, Gilbert E. McGauley, mother, Mary Edna Mattox, brother Henry Roswell McGauley, sisters, Theora (Theo) Green, Ruby Conchita Holstein (Connie), Effie Wilene Stokes, Joyce Juanita Hardy, Orpha Jeanette (Jean) Motes, Mary Elizabeth Furnas, and grandchildren Kevin and Katie Whitelaw.
He is survived by his loving wife, Jean, Son Mark McGauley (Terrie), daughters: Debbie Lachman, Diane Thomas (Randy), and Dana Whitelaw, brother Sam McGauley (Jeanette), grandchildren: Sean McGauley, Ashley Opland, Jennifer Thomas, Ryan McGauley, Jessica Craig (Allen), Chase Opland, and great grandchildren, Faith McGauley, Christian McGauley, and Sunny Opland, as well as many nieces and nephews.
We want to thank the many people of St. Vincent's Medical Center (Riverside) and Life Care Center at Wells Crossing, as well as a special thank you to Community Hospice for their tireless determination to honor his last request to be with his family at home. A very special angel was Andy at ARA Collins Road Dialysis who went above and beyond to try and make his treatments bearable.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests for donations to Community Hospice & Palliative care in his honor 4266 Sunbeam Rd Jacksonville, FL 32257
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