Mary Lee Jackson (Hartville)'s Obituary
Mary Lee Jackson, daughter of D.N. and Ethel Irene Copeland Mobley, was born February 1, 1946 in Seymour, Texas. She departed this life Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in the Cooper County Memorial Hospital, Boonville, Missouri, at the age of sixty-six years, two months, and twenty-three days.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Orville Prater and Bill Jackson and a brother, Charles Newton Mobley.
She is survived by her children, Luther Dale Lancaster and wife Karin of Tampa, Florida, Selyna Lancaster-Williams and husband Johnny, Sr., of Raytown, Missouri, and Leonard Lancaster and wife Cynthia of Hartville, Missouri; grandchildren, Stormy Lancaster, Josephine Lancaster, JaLissa Williams, Johnny Williams, Jr., Summer Williams, Alisha Lancaster, Gary Lancaster, Dalton Lancaster, and Lynette Biggers; great-grandchildren, Aiden Lancaster, Kaiden Lancaster, and Laura Beth Biggers; her siblings, Della Mobley of Norwood, Missouri, Arthur Mobley and wife Shirley of Marshfield, Missouri, Shirley Coday and husband Darrell of Mansfield, Missouri, Carolyn Moore and husband Jimmy of Hartville, Missouri, Danny Mobley and wife Phyllis of Marshfield, Missouri, and Melody Caswell and husband Lyle, of Seymour, Missouri; several nieces, nephews, and a host of other relatives and many dear friends.
Mary spent her younger years living in Texas and New Mexico. She moved to Rock Island, Illinois at the age of eighteen and worked for the Mayor of Rock Island. Upon leaving Rock Island, Mary moved to Hartville then to Lebanon, where she met Orville Prater. Following Orville’s death, Mary returned to Hartville to make her home. She worked as a seamstress at H.D. Lee for many years and eventually retired from there.
Mary accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age and was baptized in 1961 in Myrtle, Texas.
Mary was a member of TOPS as well as the Red Hat Society for many years and was active in those groups until her passing. She enjoyed working in her yard and tending to her rose bush. Mary studied her family’s genealogy extensively and had traced her roots back to their beginning. She also enjoyed crocheting and quilting, and made many beautiful quilts for her family and friends.
Mary was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. We celebrate her life and accomplishments and will cherish the many beautiful memories she has created for her family and friends.
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