Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ACKEL, JEANETTE PECK April 20, 2016
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News Star World - April 24, 2016
JEANETTE PECK ACKEL

Memorial Services for Jeannette Peck Ackel, 92, of Monroe, Louisiana, will be 
held at 12:00PM Monday, April 25, 2016 at St. Paul's United Methodist with Rev. 
JoAnn Pounds officiating. Visitation will be held at 11:00AM until service time 
on Monday.

Jeannette was born on October 1, 1923, in Greenville, South Carolina, and 
passed away peacefully in Monroe, Louisiana, on April 20, 2016. She attended 
Ouachita Parish High School where she graduated with honors. After high school 
she went to Northeast Louisiana Junior College where she was Homecoming Queen, 
Beauty, a member of Kappa Delta social sorority and Purple Jackets, an honor 
society. She went on to Louisiana Tech where she received her bachelor's degree 
in education. Continuing her education, she was awarded a master's degree from 
Northeast Louisiana University. Jeannette spent her professional life as an 
English and Louisiana History teacher at Robert E. Lee and River Oaks schools 
until her retirement in 1984.

Active in her church, St. Paul's United Methodist, she served as librarian for 
many years. Jeannette was a member of the Susanna Wesley Chapter of the United 
Methodist Women's Circle and in 1993 was elected St. Paul's Woman of the Year. 
She was also a member of ADK, a teacher's group; PEO, a philanthropic 
organization and 20th Century Book Club.

Interest in her community led to her serving as Chairwoman of the Monroe 
Bicentennial under Mayor Bob Powell. Her love of Monroe's rich past led to a 
series of presentations for clubs and schools about Monroe's founding families, 
their old homes and historic cemeteries. Jeannette was a docent for the 
historic Layton Castle, was a founding member of the Monroe Historic Commission 
and received an award for Historic Preservation from the Monroe Garden Study 
League.

Her passion for genealogy led to her membership in many patriotic societies 
including the Fort Miro Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; National 
Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; Sir John Payne Chapter of Colonial Dames 
of the Seventeenth Century; John Robinson Chapter, Daughters of American 
Colonists and General William Claiborne Chapter, Daughters of 1812.

She was preceded in death by her husband Carter Barton Ackel; parents Jeannette 
Swoope Peck and James Godwin Peck, Sr. and siblings Hortense Peck Melton and 
James Godwin Peck, Jr.

Jeannette is survived by her daughter, Jeri Ackel Kelly and husband David; son, 
Charles Scott Ackel and wife Donna and son Richard Barton Ackel; grandchildren, 
Jeffrey Scott Ackel and wife Carrie, Andrew Jordan Ackel and wife Jessica, 
Carter Alexander Kelly, James Barton Kelly and fiancé Melissa Maldonado; and by 
her great grandchildren, Harris Scott Ackel, Wesley Ryan Ackel, Thomas Porter 
Ackel, and Addison Lee Ackel.

The family would especially like to thank Jackie Keith and Betty Weems for 
their loving care of our mother. Jeannette put the flag up every morning and 
took it down every evening. She was a true patriot. 

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