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Mary Pauline Jackson 
(November 26, 1914 - January 2, 2007) 
 

Mary Pauline (Polly) Jackson of Mexia passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 
in Parkview Hospital in Mexia. Funeral services will be held at Blair – Stubbs 
Funeral Home Chapel in Mexia on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 11 a.m. Rev. 
Marcus Sheffield officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at 
Blair – Stubbs. 

Mrs. Jackson was born in Concord, Texas on November 26, 1914 to Estelle Moody 
Chandler and John Robert Chandler. She attended Westminster College in 
Tehuacana And obtained a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1935. 

During World War II in 1945, she worked at the prisoner of war camp in Mexia 
where she saw the first Japanese POW’s walk from the Mexia train depot to the
camp that was located where the Mexia State School now exists. 

She worked as a teacher for 30+ years beginning in the community of Donie. She
then Taught at Tehuacana, Forest Glade, Mexia State School and later with 
Mexia Independent School District. She integrated the staff in 1966 at Dunbar 
High School and was there for 2 years when the schools were totally integrated.

She married James P. (Buck) Jackson on April 3, 1942 and had two daughters, 
Jan Jackson of the Woodlands, Tx and Jo Bennett of Mexia. She was predeceased
by Her husband on March 29, 1971. She is also survived by a brother-in-law, 
Ivan Jackson, Sr. and wife, Dolly, nephews: Ivan Jackson, Jr., Steve Jackson 
and Donie Maden and niece, Diane Tisdale. 

She was a lifelong member of the First Christian Church in which she was very
active in the Christian Women’s Fellowship. She was a member of the Delta 
Kappa Gamma,. International Teachers Sorority and the American Association of 
Retired Teachers. She also served as the memorial chairperson of the American 
Cancer Society, Limestone Co. Unit, for many years. 

Mrs. Jackson was love and admired by her students and fellow teachers and many
friends. She touched many lives with her ready smile and unfailing kindness. 
The family would like to express their appreciation to caregivers, Florence, 
Veita, Elouise and Vicki. 

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