Mary Lou Jackson

03/05/1939 - 12/08/2005

Mary Lou Jackson

03/05/1939 - 12/08/2005

BORN

03/05/1939

DIED

12/08/2005

Mary Jackson Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 12, 2005.
Mary Lou Bowman Jackson, 66, of Raleigh, N.C., died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, in Rex Healthcare Inc., Raleigh. She was born March 5, 1939, in North Charleroi, a daughter of the late Herbert Bowman and Elnora Price Neal. She had been employed by the Mon Valley Health Center as a social worker. She was affiliated with St. Paul Baptist Church in Donora. Survivors include one daughter, Kawana Bowman, of Garner, N.C.; one sister, Shirley M. (Richard) Grogan, of Monessen; and two grandsons, Jonathan and Matthew Stevenson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Jackson, in 1984. Friends are invited to call Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church, Donora, where a religious service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with the Rev. Dennis Garner officiating. Burial will be in Mon Valley Memorial Park, Donora. Arrangements are being handled by HOUSE OF LAW, 9406 Frankstown Road, Penn Hills, Pa. 15235.

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