May Nell Machen

May Nell Miles Machen, who was born November 27, 1934, passed peacefully from this life to the next on April 28, 2025 at the beautifully-lived age of ninety in her beloved city of San Antonio, TX. May Nell was born and raised in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, the third child of Floyd Pierce Miles and Sybil Barnhill Miles.

She was a widow to two dear husbands: father of her three children, William Glenn Machen and much later in life, Hubert Dean Neugent. She was also predeceased by her first born son, William Glenn (Shane) Machen, Jr and sisters, Dorothy Marie Brown and Betty Louise Baxley Tankersly.

Mimi, as she was known by her family and close friends, is survived by hers and Glenn’s two other children: Kevin Miles Machen and spouse Brenda of San Antonio, TX and Tara Marie Machen and fiancé Joe Raucci of Tavares, FL. She loved to muse about all of her much-beloved grandchildren, of which she had four: Shane and Jessica, (children of Kevin and Theresa Johnston), and Louis Glenn and Sybil, (children of Tara and Steven Staglik). All together, her grandchildren, great grands and one great-great grand include: Shane Machen and wife, Mandy Machen of Hondo, TX; their sons, Glenn Machen and Austin Miles Machen, Austin’s partner, Trinity and their son, Atlas, all of Hondo; Jessica Machen Hubbell and husband Chance Hubbell of College Station, TX and daughters, Cora and Emily; and grandchildren, Louis Glenn Staglik of Baton Rouge, LA, and Sybil Staglik of Nashville, TN.

Shane, Mandy, Jessica, and Tara would like to especially thank Lily, Linda, Roberta, Rosie, and Joann from Persona Personal Care Home and Three Oaks Hospice for their dedicated and consistent care, ensuring comfort, kindness, and dignity to Mimi in every single moment of the last two weeks.

A small ceremony will be held at Fellowship Baptist Church, Quitman, LA on May 17, 2025 at 3:00, presided over by Pastor Craig Stephens. In lieu of flowers, Mimi wishes donations to be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children’s home, a cause she has consistently supported since the death of her dearest Shane in 1970. If you’re traveling to Jackson Parish for the ceremony, please wear something PINK.