Jessica Aldean Morrison, 84, of Bay died Friday morning, Sept. 26, at her son's home at Jonesboro.
She was born at Baldwyn, Miss., on Feb. 4, 1924, to the late Ira and Mae Gentry, and lived most her life in Bay.
She was a graduate of Bay High School and Arkansas State College and spent 38 years in elementary classrooms, 33 of which were in Bay Public Schools. She also taught in Hornersville and Steele, Mo. She was a recipient of the Arkansas Excellence in Education Award and was truly loved by her former students.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Edgar Morrison; her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Jan Morrison; her grandchildren and spouses, Matt and Alison Morrison, Michael and Kimberly Morrison and Meredith and Justin Wills; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jillian and Maddox Morrison, all of Jonesboro; and two sisters, Geneva Stotts of Maynard and Joni Moody of Bay.
Graveside funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Morrison officiating.
Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 in Emerson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bay First Baptist Church or St. Bernards Hospice.
Online registry at
www.emersonfuneralhome.com.
She was born at Baldwyn, Miss., on Feb. 4, 1924, to the late Ira and Mae Gentry, and lived most her life in Bay.
She was a graduate of Bay High School and Arkansas State College and spent 38 years in elementary classrooms, 33 of which were in Bay Public Schools. She also taught in Hornersville and Steele, Mo. She was a recipient of the Arkansas Excellence in Education Award and was truly loved by her former students.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Edgar Morrison; her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Jan Morrison; her grandchildren and spouses, Matt and Alison Morrison, Michael and Kimberly Morrison and Meredith and Justin Wills; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jillian and Maddox Morrison, all of Jonesboro; and two sisters, Geneva Stotts of Maynard and Joni Moody of Bay.
Graveside funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Morrison officiating.
Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 in Emerson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bay First Baptist Church or St. Bernards Hospice.
Online registry at
www.emersonfuneralhome.com.
Jessica Aldean Morrison, 84, of Bay died Friday morning, Sept. 26, at her son's home at Jonesboro.
She was born at Baldwyn, Miss., on Feb. 4, 1924, to the late Ira and Mae Gentry, and lived most her life in Bay.
She was a graduate of Bay High School and Arkansas State College and spent 38 years in elementary classrooms, 33 of which were in Bay Public Schools. She also taught in Hornersville and Steele, Mo. She was a recipient of the Arkansas Excellence in Education Award and was truly loved by her former students.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Edgar Morrison; her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Jan Morrison; her grandchildren and spouses, Matt and Alison Morrison, Michael and Kimberly Morrison and Meredith and Justin Wills; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jillian and Maddox Morrison, all of Jonesboro; and two sisters, Geneva Stotts of Maynard and Joni Moody of Bay.
Graveside funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Morrison officiating.
Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 in Emerson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bay First Baptist Church or St. Bernards Hospice.
Online registry at
www.emersonfuneralhome.com.
She was born at Baldwyn, Miss., on Feb. 4, 1924, to the late Ira and Mae Gentry, and lived most her life in Bay.
She was a graduate of Bay High School and Arkansas State College and spent 38 years in elementary classrooms, 33 of which were in Bay Public Schools. She also taught in Hornersville and Steele, Mo. She was a recipient of the Arkansas Excellence in Education Award and was truly loved by her former students.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Edgar Morrison; her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Jan Morrison; her grandchildren and spouses, Matt and Alison Morrison, Michael and Kimberly Morrison and Meredith and Justin Wills; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jillian and Maddox Morrison, all of Jonesboro; and two sisters, Geneva Stotts of Maynard and Joni Moody of Bay.
Graveside funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Dan Morrison officiating.
Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 in Emerson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bay First Baptist Church or St. Bernards Hospice.
Online registry at
www.emersonfuneralhome.com.
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