Laben Jackson “Mac” McCartney, 73, of Huntingtown, MD passed away August 31, 2012 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. He was born August 4, 1939 in Lewis County, West Virginia to Laben J. and Lelah P. (Armstrong) McCartney. Mac was raised in West Virginia where he attended public schools. He married Elizabeth Ann Barron on July 27, 1959and they lived in Arlington, VA. Mac was employed by the Market Tire Company and later by Penn Jersey automotive parts store as a district manager. In the early 1970’s he purchased the Penn Jersey store in Prince Frederick and operated it as Penn Auto for many years. He and Bette moved to Calvert County in the mid 1970’s and he operated several businesses including Jerry’s Subs and Pizza in Dunkirk and the former Turner Wells liquor store in Sunderland which he operated as 2 & 4 Liquors. He was also involved in construction and remodeling with his business partner Jerry Clarke. Mac retired in June 2003 and then served on the Board of the Arc of Southern MD, and was currently a member of the Calvert County Planning and Commission where he had served for the past six years. In his leisure time Mac enjoyed raising and racing horses, and traveling.

Mac was preceded in death by his parents and recently by his daughter Katherine Ann McCartney. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth “Bette” McCartney of Huntingtown; grandchildren Morgan and Sydney Fluster and son-in-law Eric Fluster, all of Slingerlands, NY, and by four nieces.