David Kelley McNish, 72, of Livingston and Pinehurst, North Carolina, died Aug. 5, 2016, at his home in North Carolina.

Dave (or “Kelley,” as he was known to many of his older friends) was born Feb. 10, 1944, in Bristol, Tennessee, and grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, before moving west to graduate from the University of Colorado in 1968.

Submitted by Ralph Gould