Mary E. Jackson was born in Duncanville, TX and went home to our Lord on 13 November 2016, after living a full Christian life. She worked as a keypunch operator at Allstate, prior to retirement. An avid lover of writing, Mary was a member of the Irving Poetry Society and the Irving Writer’s Connection; where she served as Membership Chairman for many years. She is preceded in death by her parents Bill and Sallie (Bosher) Roberts, brother JW Roberts, sister Juanita Davis and a loving and supportive Aunt Gertie Goldsman of Duncanville, TX. Mary is survived by sister Geneva Stevenson; sons Gerald and Greg Jackson; daughter Diane Nides and husband Tony of Garland, TX; daughter Kathy Swindle Cruz of Granbury, TX and grandsons Stryker and Jake Swindle of Granbury, TX. Her family would like to thank Dr. Rothkopf, Dr. Kizilbash along with the nurses and staff at Cottonwood Cardiology; also Dr. Young and the staff at Baylor Scott & White Hospital and lastly the wonderful doctors and staff at UT Southwestern Zale Lipshy. A service to celebrate Mary’s life will be held 1:00 pm, Friday, 18 November 2016 at Brown’s Memorial Funeral Home with interment at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, immediately following. Visitation will be held between 5:00 and 7:00 pm, Thursday, 17 November 2016, also at the funeral home. Mary previously requested that any memorials be made to Scott & White Foundation at http://foundation.sw.org/give.