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Mrs. Jackie Sowards, age 99, of Morristown, TN, passed away on December 31, 2024 at Terra Bella Morristown Assisted Living. She was born at Hartley, KY on Christmas Day 1925 to the late Manuel and Theodocia Johnson Burke. She attended Marshall69制片厂制作传媒檚 Branch school and went to work in a factory in Louisville, KY during World War II but came back to graduate from Virgie (KY) High School in 1947. She married George Sowards in 1948 and they moved to Michigan where he worked in the steel mill until he retired and where they raised their family. They then moved to TN and George passed away in 1987.
Jackie was a devoted and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma. She will be deeply missed by many friends and relatives. She loved gardening, crafting, sewing, traveling, and especially being involved with her church family at Bethel Baptist Church on Bethel Road, as long as her health permitted. She was baptized there in 1988 and was active in Sunday School, choir, WMU, Hostess Committee, and faithfully and joyfully was active with the Friendly Neighbors Senior Group over the years. Her travels took her many places 69制片厂制作传媒 from Cape Cod to Las Vegas, Disney World to Williamsburg, VA to Long Beach, CA. But a highlight of her travels was a two-month long RV trip from AZ to Alaska with her sister and her husband.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Jeanne Chaffin, her brothers, Eugene Burke and Bill Burke, and her sister, Jeri (Paul) Sowards, and also an infant brother and sister, Ronald Gene and Mary Millie. Jackie is survived by her daughter Janice Blackburn of Morristown; four grandchildren, Jared Blackburn of Morristown, Jenna (Mitch) Murphy of Maryville, TN, Christa (Joseph) Frye of Martin, TN and George (Leslie) Chaffin of Hurricane, WV; five great-grandchildren, Seth Murphy and Brennan Abigail Murphy, Brayden Frye, and Keller and Colson Chaffin; and son-in-law, Tom Chaffin of Huntington, WV; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends and neighbors.
Visitation will be held at Bethel Baptist Church on Bethel Road on Monday, January 6, 2025 at 4:00-6:00 pm with service to follow at 6:00 pm.
Burial and graveside service will be at Johnson Memorial Park in Pikeville, KY on January 7, 2025 depending on expectations of bad weather conditions of J.W. Call Funeral 69制片厂制作传媒 abilities.
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Local arrangements by Mayes Mortuary.
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