1926
Mary
2016
Mary Jan Paul Lacy
May 20, 1926 — June 16, 2016
LACY, MARY JAN PAUL
GOD WAS SCATTERING PINK AND BLUE HINTS OF DAWN, ON JUNE 16, 2016, WHILE TWO RADIANT ANGELS WAITED AT JAN'S BEDSIDE AS THE WORLDS OF TIME AND OF ETERNITY MET-AND KISSED - AND JAN WAS FREED TO WALK HAND- IN- HAND WITH HER ANGELS INTO THE MORNING LIGHT TO HER JOYOUS FAMILY WAITING JUST OVER THE HORIZON. HER LONG AND VALIANT STRUGGLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S HAS ENDED, AND THE HEAVENLY CHOIR NOW HAS IT'S NEWEST SWEET SOPRANO.
JAN WAS BORN ON MAY 20, 1926, IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF ROCKY CREEK NEAR LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI, TO LULA VIRGINIA AND LEONARD ADAMS. THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, JAN AND HER FAMILY THRIVED DESPITE DEPRESSION- ERA HARDSHIPS AND THE EARLY LOSS OF HER FATHER AND HER OLDER SISTER.
JAN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DENNIS LACY OF DENTON, TX, DAUGHTER PAULA BLANTON AND HUSBAND PATRICK OF KELLER, TX, SON CHRIS PAUL AND WIFE BRENDA OF RENO, TX, SISTER MARILYN HATCHER OF LUCEDALE, MS, GRANDCHILDREN: SARA BROOKE BLANTON, KELLER, TX, REBECCA BURTON AND HUSBAND TAYLOR OF NEWARK, TX, HALEY BLANTON OF ABILENE, TX., CASEY JONES OF FT. WORTH, TX, ROBERT CHRISTOPHER PAUL OF DALLAS, TX, ROBERT PETE PAUL OF DALLAS,TX., AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STETSON BLANTON, TATIANA FRANCHESI, STELLA BURTON, AND STELLA'S TWIN BROTHERS GRAHAM AND GRAY BURTON, AND HARPER AND CHANDLER JONES, AND NEPHEWS: KENT YRABEDRA AND HIS FAMILY OF MOBILE, AL, AND RON YRABEDRA OF TALLAHASSEE, FL.
JAN BEGAN HER CAREER AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN 1970 AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT GROUP. HER TYPING, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND PEOPLE SKILLS WERE SOON APPARANT AND SHE ADVANCED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S SECRETARIAL RANKS. ASIDE FROM HER PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES , JAN WAS SOON RECOGNIZED AS HAVING A SOFT SHOULDER AND WISE COUNSEL FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING HELP WITH PERSONAL PROBLEMS. SHE RETIRED IN 1989, FOLLOWING TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE, FROM HER POSITION AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
A RADIANT PRESENCE IN EVERY STAGE OF HER LIFE, JAN WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SKILLMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DALLAS. SHE WAS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL SOUTHERN LADY AS HER CHARM, BEAUTY AND WARMTH WERE AS NATURAL AS BREATHING. SHE ENJOYED SINGING, ENTERTAINING GUESTS, SHOPPING, BOWLING, THE MAVERICKS , THE COWBOYS AND ALL THINGS INVOLVING HER GRANDCHILDREN. JAN WAS ALWAYS THERE WITH A KIND WORD OR THAT INFECTIOUS LAUGH AND WARM SMILE THAT BRIGHTENED THE DAY FOR HER FAMILY AND COUNTLESS FRIENDS WHO WILL SMILE AS THEY RECALL THE JOY SHE BROUGHT US FOR SO LONG.
A PRIVATE SERVICE FOR JAN WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY IN LUCEDALE, MS.
A CELEBRATION OF JAN'S TIME WITH US IS SCHEDULED ON MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1:00 PM IN THE ROTUNDA AT THE SKILLMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DALLAS, TX.
Funeral Arrangements by: Lucas Funeral Home, Keller (817)753-6800
GOD WAS SCATTERING PINK AND BLUE HINTS OF DAWN, ON JUNE 16, 2016, WHILE TWO RADIANT ANGELS WAITED AT JAN'S BEDSIDE AS THE WORLDS OF TIME AND OF ETERNITY MET-AND KISSED - AND JAN WAS FREED TO WALK HAND- IN- HAND WITH HER ANGELS INTO THE MORNING LIGHT TO HER JOYOUS FAMILY WAITING JUST OVER THE HORIZON. HER LONG AND VALIANT STRUGGLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S HAS ENDED, AND THE HEAVENLY CHOIR NOW HAS IT'S NEWEST SWEET SOPRANO.
JAN WAS BORN ON MAY 20, 1926, IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF ROCKY CREEK NEAR LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI, TO LULA VIRGINIA AND LEONARD ADAMS. THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, JAN AND HER FAMILY THRIVED DESPITE DEPRESSION- ERA HARDSHIPS AND THE EARLY LOSS OF HER FATHER AND HER OLDER SISTER.
JAN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DENNIS LACY OF DENTON, TX, DAUGHTER PAULA BLANTON AND HUSBAND PATRICK OF KELLER, TX, SON CHRIS PAUL AND WIFE BRENDA OF RENO, TX, SISTER MARILYN HATCHER OF LUCEDALE, MS, GRANDCHILDREN: SARA BROOKE BLANTON, KELLER, TX, REBECCA BURTON AND HUSBAND TAYLOR OF NEWARK, TX, HALEY BLANTON OF ABILENE, TX., CASEY JONES OF FT. WORTH, TX, ROBERT CHRISTOPHER PAUL OF DALLAS, TX, ROBERT PETE PAUL OF DALLAS,TX., AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STETSON BLANTON, TATIANA FRANCHESI, STELLA BURTON, AND STELLA'S TWIN BROTHERS GRAHAM AND GRAY BURTON, AND HARPER AND CHANDLER JONES, AND NEPHEWS: KENT YRABEDRA AND HIS FAMILY OF MOBILE, AL, AND RON YRABEDRA OF TALLAHASSEE, FL.
JAN BEGAN HER CAREER AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN 1970 AS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT GROUP. HER TYPING, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND PEOPLE SKILLS WERE SOON APPARANT AND SHE ADVANCED RAPIDLY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S SECRETARIAL RANKS. ASIDE FROM HER PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES , JAN WAS SOON RECOGNIZED AS HAVING A SOFT SHOULDER AND WISE COUNSEL FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING HELP WITH PERSONAL PROBLEMS. SHE RETIRED IN 1989, FOLLOWING TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE, FROM HER POSITION AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
A RADIANT PRESENCE IN EVERY STAGE OF HER LIFE, JAN WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SKILLMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DALLAS. SHE WAS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL SOUTHERN LADY AS HER CHARM, BEAUTY AND WARMTH WERE AS NATURAL AS BREATHING. SHE ENJOYED SINGING, ENTERTAINING GUESTS, SHOPPING, BOWLING, THE MAVERICKS , THE COWBOYS AND ALL THINGS INVOLVING HER GRANDCHILDREN. JAN WAS ALWAYS THERE WITH A KIND WORD OR THAT INFECTIOUS LAUGH AND WARM SMILE THAT BRIGHTENED THE DAY FOR HER FAMILY AND COUNTLESS FRIENDS WHO WILL SMILE AS THEY RECALL THE JOY SHE BROUGHT US FOR SO LONG.
A PRIVATE SERVICE FOR JAN WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FAMILY CEMETERY IN LUCEDALE, MS.
A CELEBRATION OF JAN'S TIME WITH US IS SCHEDULED ON MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1:00 PM IN THE ROTUNDA AT THE SKILLMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST IN DALLAS, TX.
Funeral Arrangements by: Lucas Funeral Home, Keller (817)753-6800
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