Woodward, Okla. — Lily Diana Hays Jackson was born to Russell and Juanita Hays on April 6, 1943, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and passed from this life on January 31, 2014, at Integris Bass Baptist Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma.
She was reared by
her mother in Tulsa, where she
attended public schools, graduating
from Will Rogers High School in
1961. She attended Harding
University in Searcy, Arkansas where
she graduated in 1965 with a B.A. in
Business Studies. After graduation
she worked for Dr. Joe Pryor, at
Harding, and then taught school at
Central High School, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
She returned to Tulsa to help her
mother. While teaching at Will
Rogers High School, she met her
future husband, Joe L. Jackson, a
student at Tulsa University, College
of Law. They were married July 29,
1969, and Matthew C. Jackson and
Travis F. Jackson were born to them.
She moved to Shattuck, Oklahoma, in
1975, and became Joe’s Legal
Secretary in Arnett, Oklahoma. When
Joe became the Associate District
Judge of Ellis County, she returned
to school and obtained a M.A. in
Library Science from NWOSU, Alva.
She leaves her husband, Joe L.
Jackson, her son CDR Matthew C.
Jackson, USN and Stacy Jackson of
Ridgecrest, California, and Travis
F. Jackson and his partner Stephen
Friedfeld of Boston, Massachusetts,
two grandchildren, Riley and Macy,
one sister, Ann Tognazzinni, of
South San Francisco, California,
nieces Laurie E. Hays Thompson and
Doug Thompson of Arnett, Oklahoma,
Anita and Steve Maxwell, of Half
Moon Bay, California, and numerous
other relatives, in-laws, and
friends.
Lily was a life-long member of the
Church of Christ, having accepted
her Lord after attending a Billy
Graham Rally in her youth.
Memorials may be made to the
Oklahoma Food Bank, 3355 Purdue Ave,
Oklahoma City, OK 73137 in her
honor.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the
Church of Christ in Shattuck, OK at
10:00 a.m. with Allen Everett
officiating.
Interment will be Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK with the Mason Funeral Home of Shattuck in charge of arrangements.