Vida Marie McKenzie

Marie was born in Dallas, Texas on April 30, 1926 to L.C. (Louis) and Louise Stephens. She was raised in a loving Christian home. She attended Wharton Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and graduated from Lamar Senior High School in Houston, Texas. She also attended Rice Institute and the University of Houston with degrees in Elementary Education and English. She was raised in the Church of Christ, and attended and taught Sunday school at Heights Church of Christ, Central Church of Christ, and Westbury Church of Christ. She was a highly acclaimed awarded teacher for 58 years. Upon retiring from long service with the Houston Independent School District, Marie continued teaching at Westbury Christian School well in to her early eighties, when a leg injury made it no longer possible for her to teach. She raised three children, Stephen Louis McKenzie, Linda Joyce McKenzie, and Michael Lee McKenzie, and thousands of other children she touched over her career. Her commitment to God, her family, and her career are her legacy. She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister Helen Wilcox, and her son Stephen Louis McKenzie.

Visitation will be held Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Heights Funeral Home from 5-8 pm. Funeral services will be held the following morning at 10 am at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.