| Lula Mae Jackson | |
| Birth: | 21 December 1917 Somerville, Texas, United States |
| Death: | 16 August 2018 Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| Age: | 100 years, 238 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Centenarian | |
Lula Mae Jackson (21 December 1917 - 16 August 2018) was an American centenarian who was the granddaughter of Susana Lynn. Lula Mae Jackson may hold the record for the oldest person ever to have a grandparent living as she was 83 years old at the time of Lynn's death.
Biography[]
Lula Mae Jackson was the only child born to George Edward Lonzer and Mary Perkins, on December 21, 1917 in Somerville, Texas. Lula grew up in Somerville and moved to Lubbock after marrying Lee Willis. They had three children, Willie (deceased), Nancy and Lillie.
Upon divorcing Willie, she moved to Fort Worth where she married Booker T. Stephens. She remained there until marrying Herman Jackson and moving to Kansas City, Kansas where she remained until her passing.
In 1958 Lula and Herman adopted 3-month-old, William Anthony Jackson. Lula accepted Christ approximately 90 years ago. In Fort Worth the family worshipped at Mt. Rose Baptist Church. She was raised Baptist and continued in that vein after moving to Kansas City when she joined Olivet, Oakridge and New Hope. The latter two under Rev. Moses Williams. Eventually she converted to Catholicism becoming a member of Christ the King and eventually Blessed Sacrament until her health began to fail. Lula started her professional career as an office manager/bookkeeper for Excelsior Life Insurance Company located above Bakers Funeral Home in Fort Worth.
She worked for Standard Brand Egg Company in Kansas City, Missouri for approximately 7 years. Lula loved to cook and did so professionally by working for a Jewish Rabbi and his family for about 4 years and finally at St. Augustine Monastery off Parallel here in Kansas City, Kansas. She started as a temporary employee to cover her mother’s two-week vacation.
She eventually retired after 25 years of faithful service as head cook. In 1986 she received a letter from the head of the Augustinian houses in West Orange, New Jersey Provincial where Father Frances Puilso made her an honorary member of the Augustinian family. She was honored during a ceremony at the cathedral here in Kansas City, Kansas in front of 600 guests.
At age 75 she went on to serve 8 years at Welborn Elementary School and an additional year at Wyandotte Mental Health Center as a foster grandparent. As Lula began to age she moved both her mother and grandmother, Susana Lynn, here to Kansas City to make taking care of them easier on her.
She travelled extensively around the U.S. to Boston, California, New York and Wisconsin, also to Canada. Most of her travel was with her special traveling companion Sister Margaret Gier who now resides in Wyoming, Michigan. She also traveled with other friends like Eglon McQuerry. Lula lived a full, Godly and treasured life.
Lula Mae Jackson's mother Mary Perkins (1900-1997) lived to be 97 years old and her grandmother Susana Lynn (1888-2001) lived to be 112. As she herself began to age, she moved both her mother and grandmother to Kansas City to take care of them. Her mother lived to the age of 97 years, 337 days and her grandmother lived to be 112 years, 204 days. At the time of her mother's death, Jackson was 79 years old and when her grandmother died she was 83 years, 192 days old possibly making her the oldest person ever to have a grandparent alive.
Lula Mae Jackson died in Kansas City, Kansas, USA on 16 August 2018 at the age of 100 years, 238 days. At the time of her death she had three living children, seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
References[]
- Lula Mae Jackson Obituary, Usobit, 2018