Mickie Christy honored as Senior Citizen of the Year

By George Slaughter, News Editor
Posted 6/30/22

Flowers are known to freshen things up a bit. So perhaps it is not surprising that a former floral shop owner turned local volunteer has been honored as Katy’s Senior Citizen of the Year.

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Mickie Christy honored as Senior Citizen of the Year

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Flowers are known to freshen things up a bit. So perhaps it is not surprising that a former floral shop owner turned local volunteer has been honored as Katy’s Senior Citizen of the Year.

Mickie Christy, a volunteer at the Fussell Senior Center, 5370 E. 5th St., was honored by the city Monday in a brief City Hall ceremony.

Amanda Di Dio, the city’s social services director, said Christy grew up in Houston and spent much of her adult life in Texas City. She and her husband owned a floral business there.

“She has spent a great deal of time volunteering,” Di Dio said. Christy has volunteered with many organizations, including the AARP, Campfire Girls, Cub Scouts and the Galveston County Orchid Society. Di Dio said she has been a volunteer with the Memorial Hermann Gift Shop for over 10 years, and has sold homecoming mums and corsages for local schools.

Today, Christy is active in the Katy community, where she plays a helpful role, Council Member-at-Large and Mayor Pro Tem Chris Harris said.

“Every time I visit the Fussell Senior Center, she is there and greeting young and old,” Harris said. “She is always helpful and makes the senior services department one of the most outstanding city departments.”

Di Dio said Christy has three names. Her given name is Isabel. Her nickname is Mickie. Her family calls her Nana.

She has a large family. It includes a son, two daughters, two grandsons, two granddaughters, two great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters. She enjoys watching her kids in their respective activities an denjoys following the Houston Astros.

“Mickie is welcoming, kind and friendly,” Di DIo said. “She supports others without question and is always the first in line to help at the senior center. Mickie is an amazing person and an asset to the City of Katy Fussell Senior Center.”

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