Everett "Mack" Lee McNatt

Everett Lee "Mack" McNatt , 75, passed away Thursday, March 28th, 2013 from complications resulting from esophageal cancer.



Mack was born in Montezuma, TN and graduated from Chester County High School in 1955. He was raised on his family farm near where Chickasaw Park is today and helped from an early age with both the farm and with his parents BarBQ Restaurant. Mack learned to work hard, love the land, love animals, to treat a customer right and to be a great cook. He was a master at all those things all his life.



Mack met his wife, Cherryl when she attended Freed Hardeman and married in 1969. Although working as a butcher in Bemis, TN, Mack moved to Selmer with his new bride and worked with his father-in-law, Buel Gooch, to build a successful used car business.



In 1989, he struck out on his own by opening McNatt Auto Sales where he has built a strong business and gained a loyal following of buyers who consider him both their go-to car guy and their friend. Mack has always loved to farm and has passionately cared for his land, crops, and animals every day of his life.



Mack is survived by his wife of 43 years, Cherryl Gooch McNatt; his daughter, Melissa McNatt; his son, Ross and daughter-in-law, Kristin Tull McNatt; his new 8 month old grandson, Reed Everett McNatt; and a wealth of customers and friends who were all important to him and he to them.