A memorial reception honoring the life of Sandra Jean Waters Mulkey, 77, of Demorest, will be held from 2 until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville.
Mrs. Mulkey passed away Monday, Jan. 31, 2022.
Born July 12, 1944, in Commerce, Sandra was the daughter of the late Daniel A. and Louise Barnett Waters.
She was a retired office manager with U.S.D.A. Research Laboratories and she was a dedicated volunteer with Habersham Community Theatre.
Sandra was wholly invested in her husband, kids, and grandkids. Her selfless desire to help was a major dimension of her true self. After marriage to Lee, she worked full-time to pay for two years of Lee's college degree and followed up with almost two years of graduate school. When the kids came along, she was a stay-at-home mom until they started to public school then did volunteer work at the same school. Upon their entrance into high school, she went back to work as a means to pay for college. She worked, they went, and they prospered. She was there, always empathetic and always supportive as a standard of integrity, love, and affection.
Survivors include her husband, Lee A. Mulkey of Demorest; sons, Douglas L. Mulkey (Susan Z.) of Duluth and Gregory A. Mulkey (Kathryn D.) of Ellijay; brother, Danny Waters (Denise) of Banks County, grandchildren, Matthew Mulkey, Thomas Mulkey and Anthony Mulkey; as well as several cousins, one niece, one nephew, and a host of extended family and many friends.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, P.O. Box 48857, Athens, GA 30604 or by visiting foodbanknega.org/contact/donate.
An online guest book is available for the Mulkey family at hillsidememorialchapel.com.
Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel and Gardens, Clarkesville.