Barbara Jeanette Jackson

Barbara Jeanette Hollis Jackson, 74, of Shepherd, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at the Cleveland Healthcare Center in Cleveland. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 25, 2014, at the Ryan Cemetery in Tarkington Prairie with burial following thereafter. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Cleveland. Barbara was born February 21, 1940 in Longview, to parents; Clarence C. and Clorene S. Cooper, has lived in Shepherd since 1985 and had formerly lived in Cleveland for 25 years. She was a self-employed beautician until her retirement and enjoyed sewing, crocheting, gardening and fishing. She loved being "Me Maw" to her grandchildren. Mrs. Jackson was preceded in death by her husband: Willie Jackson, her parents, sisters: Martha Ann Deel and Shirley Bones, and stepdaughter: Pamela Whiddon. She is survived by her daughters: Wendy Williams, Sherri Reynolds and husband Larry, and Kathleen Welfl and husband Frank, son: Ron Pickering and wife Jeannie, stepdaughter: Cheryl and husband Emmet, stepsons: Ronnie Jackson, Danny Jackson, and Glen Jackson and wife Joy, sisters: Carolyn Sue Hollis and Sherry Gordon, brothers: Wayne Hollis and Danny Hollis, grandchildren: Travis, Randall, Robert, Evan, Clayton, and Nolan, and numerous step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other relatives, and friends.