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Funeral service now scheduled for former Florida Governor Buddy MacKay
A funeral service is now scheduled for former Florida Governor Buddy MacKay who died last week. Mackay’s family says a celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, January, 15. at the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala starting at 1 p.
Funeral for former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay to place on Jan. 15 in Ocala
A celebration honoring former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay will be held next Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 1 p.m. at Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala. That’s according to the Ocala Star Banner. A reception will follow the service,
Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as Florida’s governor, dead at 91
Floridians honored the lifelong public servant not just for his 23 days as governor, but his time as a state legislator, congressman and diplomat.
Buddy MacKay, Florida's most recent Democratic governor, dead at 91
Kenneth “Buddy” MacKay, who as lieutenant governor became Florida’s most recent Democratic governor in 1998 on the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, died New Year’s Eve afternoon at his ...
Former Florida Governor Buddy MacKay dies at 91, family says
MacKay ran to succeed Chiles in 1998 but was defeated by Republican Jeb Bush. Shortly before leaving office, however, MacKay stepped in as governor after Chiles’ sudden death on Dec. 12, 1998.
Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay dies at 91
OCALA, Fla. — Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay passed away at the age of 91. MacKay served in the military, the Florida House and the Florida Senate before he served as lieutenant governor under then-governor and Democrat Lawton Chiles. Chiles then had a heart attack and died in December of that year.
Remembering Buddy MacKay, former Fla. gov., dead at 91
John Kennedy, Florida Capital Bureau reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, spoke with FOX 35's Garrett Wymer about covering Buddy MacKay and how history will remember him. MacKay, 91, died on New Year's Eve at his home in Ocala.
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Florida gave President Jimmy Carter his big break. Here’s how. | Opinion
Carter’s big break came in Florida on March 9, 1976, when he soundly defeated segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a heated primary.