Funeral services for Lou Vonzie McClendon Jackson, 88, of Diboll will be held Monday, January 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Frankens officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Jackson was born March 1, 1927 in Diboll, Texas to the late William T. and Lela Belle (Capps) McClendon. She went to be with her Lord Friday, January 15, 2016 at The Joseph House in Lufkin.
Mrs. Jackson was a lifetime resident of Diboll. She was a certified welder, and was prepared to work in the shipyards during World War II but her brother Roy encouraged her to stay home. Mrs. Jackson loved gardening, especially her roses and gladiolus, and enjoyed traveling and meeting new people. She was a faithful member of Homer United Pentecostal Church. She was very active in the church and was always glad to help anyone in need. Mrs. Jackson was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her love of family was second to none.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Lou Lee; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny Ray and Donna Sue Jackson and Joe and Billie Jackson; grandchildren, Rhonda Jackson, Tonia Hope Wilkins and husband Cody, twin sisters Sandy Jackson and Amanda Vaughn and husband John, JonPaul Sinclair, Jackie Lyles, and Judy Sheffield and husband Jimmy; 13great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Leonard Grimes; sister-in-law, Ruby “Jack” Thompson; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul Jackson; sister, Walterine “Dixie” Grimes; and brothers, Theria McClendon and Roy McClendon.
Pallbearers...
Honorary pallbearer...
EDITED - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors - Jan 16, 2016.
Mrs. Jackson was born March 1, 1927 in Diboll, Texas to the late William T. and Lela Belle (Capps) McClendon. She went to be with her Lord Friday, January 15, 2016 at The Joseph House in Lufkin.
Mrs. Jackson was a lifetime resident of Diboll. She was a certified welder, and was prepared to work in the shipyards during World War II but her brother Roy encouraged her to stay home. Mrs. Jackson loved gardening, especially her roses and gladiolus, and enjoyed traveling and meeting new people. She was a faithful member of Homer United Pentecostal Church. She was very active in the church and was always glad to help anyone in need. Mrs. Jackson was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her love of family was second to none.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Lou Lee; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny Ray and Donna Sue Jackson and Joe and Billie Jackson; grandchildren, Rhonda Jackson, Tonia Hope Wilkins and husband Cody, twin sisters Sandy Jackson and Amanda Vaughn and husband John, JonPaul Sinclair, Jackie Lyles, and Judy Sheffield and husband Jimmy; 13great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Leonard Grimes; sister-in-law, Ruby “Jack” Thompson; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul Jackson; sister, Walterine “Dixie” Grimes; and brothers, Theria McClendon and Roy McClendon.
Pallbearers...
Honorary pallbearer...
EDITED - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors - Jan 16, 2016.
Funeral services for Lou Vonzie McClendon Jackson, 88, of Diboll will be held Monday, January 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Frankens officiating. Interment will follow in the Ryan Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Jackson was born March 1, 1927 in Diboll, Texas to the late William T. and Lela Belle (Capps) McClendon. She went to be with her Lord Friday, January 15, 2016 at The Joseph House in Lufkin.
Mrs. Jackson was a lifetime resident of Diboll. She was a certified welder, and was prepared to work in the shipyards during World War II but her brother Roy encouraged her to stay home. Mrs. Jackson loved gardening, especially her roses and gladiolus, and enjoyed traveling and meeting new people. She was a faithful member of Homer United Pentecostal Church. She was very active in the church and was always glad to help anyone in need. Mrs. Jackson was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her love of family was second to none.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Lou Lee; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny Ray and Donna Sue Jackson and Joe and Billie Jackson; grandchildren, Rhonda Jackson, Tonia Hope Wilkins and husband Cody, twin sisters Sandy Jackson and Amanda Vaughn and husband John, JonPaul Sinclair, Jackie Lyles, and Judy Sheffield and husband Jimmy; 13great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Leonard Grimes; sister-in-law, Ruby “Jack” Thompson; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul Jackson; sister, Walterine “Dixie” Grimes; and brothers, Theria McClendon and Roy McClendon.
Pallbearers...
Honorary pallbearer...
EDITED - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors - Jan 16, 2016.
Mrs. Jackson was born March 1, 1927 in Diboll, Texas to the late William T. and Lela Belle (Capps) McClendon. She went to be with her Lord Friday, January 15, 2016 at The Joseph House in Lufkin.
Mrs. Jackson was a lifetime resident of Diboll. She was a certified welder, and was prepared to work in the shipyards during World War II but her brother Roy encouraged her to stay home. Mrs. Jackson loved gardening, especially her roses and gladiolus, and enjoyed traveling and meeting new people. She was a faithful member of Homer United Pentecostal Church. She was very active in the church and was always glad to help anyone in need. Mrs. Jackson was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her love of family was second to none.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna Lou Lee; sons and daughters-in-law, Danny Ray and Donna Sue Jackson and Joe and Billie Jackson; grandchildren, Rhonda Jackson, Tonia Hope Wilkins and husband Cody, twin sisters Sandy Jackson and Amanda Vaughn and husband John, JonPaul Sinclair, Jackie Lyles, and Judy Sheffield and husband Jimmy; 13great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Leonard Grimes; sister-in-law, Ruby “Jack” Thompson; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Paul Jackson; sister, Walterine “Dixie” Grimes; and brothers, Theria McClendon and Roy McClendon.
Pallbearers...
Honorary pallbearer...
EDITED - full obit can be obtained from Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors - Jan 16, 2016.
Family Members
Parents
Spouse
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
