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Lois Geneva Jackson Shepard, 93, of Mountain View, Missouri died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at St. Clair Nursing Center. She was born July 10, 1917 in Elijah, Missouri, the daughter of Harvey and Ethel (Langston) Tackitt.
Visitation will be Friday April 1, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Yarber Mortuary, Mtn. View, with services Saturday April 2, 2011, 10:00 a.m. at Yarber Mortuary. Interment will be at Baptist Hills Cemetery, Caulfield, MO.
Lois was united in marriage to Carl Jackson on June 2, 1942 in Neosho, Missouri and to this union two sons were born. After Carl's death, Lois later married Sam Shepard on June 12, 1989 in Mountain View, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Carl Jackson and Sam Shepard; brothers, Ray Tackitt and Carl Tackitt; sisters, Faye Jarvis and Fern Baldridge; and grandson, Douglas Carey Jackson.
Survivors include sons, Douglas Jackson of Lexington, KY and Mike Jackson and wife, Bonnie, of St. Clair, MO; grandchildren, Lisa Dickinson and husband, John, of Union, MO, Angie Eades and husband, Frank, of Harrodsburg, KY, and Preston Jackson and wife, Gina, of Tremont, IL: granddaughter-in-law, Susan Jackson of the State of California; seven great grandsons and two great granddaughter.
Lois received her grade school education at Mineral Point and then graduated from Gainesville High School. She then received a B.S. in Education from Arkansas State College in 1960. She retired after serving 35 years in elementary education.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Mountain View, MO. She was also a member the Order of the Eastern Star-West Plains Chapter, a Past Worthy Matron, and a member of both MSTA and MRTA.
Lois enjoyed reading, sewing, and gardening.
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1917 - 2011 (93 years)
