"Momma, I wonder if you'll ever guess how much you've meant to me.  The love and joy you've always brought to our whole family.  You've always been so wonderful in each and every way.  It's no wonder that I love you more, with every passing day."

Mary Eudy Boozer Jackson, 98, passed away at home on Monday, November 19, 2018.  Born on August 10, 1920, in Eupora, Mississippi, to George William Boozer, Sr., and Mary Eudy Boozer, Mary was raised in Boyle.  She graduated from Boyle High School and received her degree in education from Delta State Teachers' College.  Mary moved to Moorhead and taught third grade at Moorhead Elementary.  She married William Locke "Bubber" Jackson in November 1945.  She later worked and retired from the Sunflower County Welfare Department.  Mary spent her adult life in Moorhead and was a devoted mother to her children and a member of the Moorhead United Methodist Church.  In 2001, she moved to Brandon and in 2009 moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  In 2014, Mary moved in with, and shared the remainder of her life with her doting caregivers - her daughter and son-in-law, Susan Jackson and Chuck Longacre.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents; her in-laws William L. Jackson, Sr. and Fannie Mae Jackson; her husband, Bubber; and her daughters, Jacqueline Frances and Betty Ann "Bootsie" Cummings.  She was also predeceased by her siblings - George William Boozer and his wife Vermelle; James Boozer; Robert Boozer and his wife Denolis; Jean Rogers and her husband Joseph; Elizabeth Lou Boozer; and Catherine Carroll Boozer; and her sister-in-law Margaret Jackson.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters Mary Margaret and Johnny Little (Houston, TX); Sally and Ronny Dodd (Brandon, MS); Susan Jackson and Chuck Longacre (Baton Rouge, LA); and Cathy Jo Jackson (Greensboro, NC); and her son William Locke Jackson, III and Janet(Humble, TX); and her son-in-law, Stanley "Butch" Cummings (Latimer, MS). She also leaves her grandchildren Scott (Gail) Little and Rachel (Victor) Marquez, Lee (Kim) and Clay Dodd, Kyle (Victoria) Cummings, Mary Jacqueline and Will Jackson and her great grandchildren Shelby Rae and Savannah Little; Bryce, Britton, Cooper, Parker, Archer, Molly, and Atlas Marquez; Milla and Maylee Dodd; and Jackson Cummings, as well as her great, great grandson, Levi Little.

A special thank you to the ladies who took such wonderful care of Momma this last year of her life - Coretta Wilson, Juanita Bessie, Patricka Cassie, and Cortanna Johnson.  Thanks also to Suzie from Hospice of Baton Rouge.  An additional special thank you goes to Dr. Vincent Tumminello and his nurse, Jennifer, for their incredible patience and attention to Momma's care and well-being.

The family will receive friends Saturday, November 24, 2018 from 12:00 pm until the 1:00 pm funeral service at Moorhead United Methodist church in Moorhead. Burial will follow in Moorhead Cemetery. Burton Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Margaret Jackson Scholarship Fund at MDCC or the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be shared with the family by visiting www.burtonfuneralhome.net