Mackenzie Kinley

MacKenzie Leigh Ann Kinley, 18, of New London, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022, along with her fiancé, Matthew Heun.

MacKenzie was born June 5, 2003 in North Carolina to Aaron Chad Kinley and Brandy Nicole Pate Kinley.
She was preceded in death by grandfather, Kenwood Lee Pate; great-grandmother, Shirley Ann Aldridge; great-grandfather, Aaron Blake; great-grandmother, Annie Kinley.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM, Thursday, April 14, 2022  at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The funeral service will follow on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 1:00 PM at Hartsell Funeral Home's Lefler Memorial Chapel in Albemarle officiated by Rev. Don Burleyson.

Survivors include father, Aaron Chad Kinley of Oakboro, NC; mother, Brandy Nicole Pate Kinley of New London, NC; brothers, Braden Kinley and Liam Kinley; maternal grandmother, Cathy Dutton; paternal grandparents, Melvin & Dean Huneycutt and Randy & Sheila Kinley; great grandmother, Linda Blake; maternal aunt, Brittany Griffin; paternal uncle, Blake Kinley, and many other aunts, uncles, and cousins.

MacKenzie is the light of our lives.  She was like a ray of sunshine on a gloomy, cloudy day.  Kenzie had one of the most contagious smiles of anyone we knew, and no matter what was going on with her or what kind day she was having, she could brighten and bring joy to anyone that may be having a bad day.  She was her daddy's girl and her momma's world but she touched so many other hearts that she belonged to anyone who knew her.  Though they could be annoying and didn't always get along her brother's were the apples of her eye just as she was for them.  MacKenzie was a kind, gentle, loving, compassionate soul who never met a stranger and made friends with all.  She had a passion for animals and from the time she was just a tot she wanted to be a vet but early into her teens she discovered that she would have to perform surgery on animals that needed it and decided that was no longer for her.  So she decided she would just have a whole farm of animals when she was an adult.  She had two fur babies that were her absolute world and of course she wanted so many more.  MacKenzie, though young she was, had already met her soul mate.  They were always together, if you saw one you were sure to see the other.  They lived together, worked together, they did everything together.  And though tragic it was, they received their beautiful angel wings together.  MacKenzie and Matthew were just destined to be together forever.  They both lived their lives to the absolute fullest and though they were cut a little short, they experienced a lifetime of love and adventure together.

Memorials may be made to the ASPCA.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Kinley family.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com