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Dolores Koury Mack died peacefully in her sleep on September 25, 2017, at age 91. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Side Mitchell Mack. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she was born July 30, 1926, in Burlington, NC, to William and Victoria Koury. Before marriage, she studied music and attended Immaculata Women’s College in Washington, DC. She was blessed with a magnificent voice that she shared with the St. Therese Catholic Church congregation through her decades of serving in the choir. As her children matured, Dolores worked for many years in the family clothing store, John Mack & Son, a downtown Mooresville fixture for over eighty years. Dolores was a devoted wife and loving mother of five children and an extraordinary homemaker. Family and faith were the cornerstones of her life. To her there was no job more important than motherhood, and by any measure, she was an amazingly successful mother. She knew the importance of establishing in her children a solid foundation built on faith in God, love of family, kindness to all and the power of freshly prepared Lebanese cuisine, which always graced her home. Engaged and inquisitive, she could not stand by passively and just watch her eleven grandchildren grow. Dolores needed to be involved in their lives, and they needed her. It didn’t matter if they were half a world away or in the next room, Sitti (Lebanese for grandmother) wanted to know the whys and wherefores of their lives, and did not hesitate to weigh in where she deemed it necessary. While she barely knew what the internet was, the grandkids dubbed her Sitti.com for the vast details of their lives that she accumulated and retrieved at just the right moment. Fun loving and vibrant always, Dolores was the consummate people person. Under her helm, the Mack household was open to all, especially to her children’s friends. She loved a good party and delighted in entertaining those she loved. She was a voracious conversationalist who was keenly interested in the lives of friends and family, and she approached every chat as if it was the only one that would ever matter. It was her love of people that sustained her. And for that reason above all others, she was so endeared by those who knew her. To know Dolores was to love her. She is survived by her husband, Side Mitchell Mack; children, Side Mitchell Mack, Jr., of Greensboro, NC, Ronald (Kathryn) Mack, of Greensboro, NC, Denise (Skip) Vallee, of Shelburne, VT, Yvonne (Maurice Williams), of Blowing Rock, NC, Jeffrey (Anya) Mack, of Charlotte, NC; eleven wonderful grandchildren and by her sister, Josephine Zoghby, of Mobile, AL. A funeral mass will be held at St. Therese Catholic Church in Mooresville on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at 1:00 pm. Interment will immediately follow at Willow Valley Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the mass from 11am to 12:30pm. The family wishes to extend their sincere gratitude to the caregivers of Home Instead, Bayada and Hospice of Iredell County. They also wish to give special thanks to Patty Martin and Ashlee Vineyard, whose wonderful care kept Dolores comfortable in her final years at home. Memorials may be sent to St Therese Catholic Church or Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County.

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Dolores Koury Mack

July 30, 1926 - September 25, 2017