Barbara Jeanne Mack

1950 - 2021

CLIFTON SPRINGS/WAYLAND/GOOSE CREEK – Barbara Jeanne Mack of Goose Creek, S.C. (formerly of Wayland and Clifton Springs, N.Y.) passed away Friday (March 26) after a brief illness.

A celebration of Barbara's life is being planned.

Born July 6th, 1950 in Clifton Springs, N.Y. to Vernon Grant Sanford and Helen McGovern, Barbara graduated in 1968 from Clifton Springs High School and continued to study business and graduated from the Freeman Business School in 1969. On January 9, 1970, Barbara married James Mack in Clifton Springs, N.Y. Th is past January, Barb and James celebrated 51 years of marriage. While living in Clifton Springs, Barbara worked for The Soda Shop and the hospital.

Before moving to Missouri for six years in 1998, Barb and her family resided in Wayland, N.Y. Once they moved to Wayland, Barbara was an EMT with Springwater, the Springwater Town Accessor, a clerk at the Country Store along with a few other positions in Dansville and surrounding communities.

For the past 16 years Barb and James have lived in South Carolina. Barbara had many hobbies she enjoyed including, but not limited to, knitting and crocheting, watching NASCAR, attending local auctions to buy and sell and traveling. Some of her favorite trips include cruising, visiting Las Vegas, the Grand Ole Opry and Branson, Missouri, among many others.

She is survived by her husband of 51 years, James Mack of Goose Creek, S.C.; her brothers Lawrence Sanford and James (Barb) Sanford; her children James (Stacy) Mack, Roberta Love, Michael (Kelsey) Mack, David (Gina) Mack; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Barbara is predeceased by her parents Vernon Grant Sanford and Helen McGovern; her brother, Vernon Sanford; and sisters Pat Davies and Judy Jones.