Jacqueline (Jackie) Whitten Lord went to be with her Savior on Thursday, July 7 2016 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She was 75 years old.
Services will be held Sunday, July 10 at 3:00 P.M. at Carrollton Baptist Church in Carrollton. Rev. Fletcher Moorman and Minister of Music, Dr. Bernard Taylor will officiate. Visitation will be held from 1:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the church. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton.
Jackie was born in Greenwood, MS to the late Jack Whitten and Betty Kuykendall Whitten on March 5, 1941. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and resided in the Greenwood and Carrollton area most of her life.
She was a dedicated member of the Carrollton Baptist Church where she was a member of Sunday School and Women's Missionary Union. One of her missions was to send cards to every occasion to all she knew. She was a supporter of Samaritan's Purse, Batson Children's Hospital, and the Baptist Children's Village.
She was a former co-manager of the lunchroom at Carroll Academy and, also, worked at Gwen's Day Care in Greenwood several years. However, her greatest attribute was being a beloved wife and devoted mother to her five daughters and loving grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Bill Lord, Jr. and five daughters: Melody (Al) Jones of Lucedale, MS, Lisa (Warren) Long of Carrollton, Kay (Leigh) Patterson of Greenwood, B.J. (Hal) Davis of Oxford, and Billie (Joseph) York of Oxford, and her "sister" Linda McGregor of Carrollton. Grandchildren: Will (Carrie) Cooper, Whit (Laurie) Cooper, Maegan Clark, Rae Ann Jones, Joshua Patterson, Ashley (Trinity) Long, Leighton Patterson, Alex Davis, Hallie Jane Davis, Braxton York, and McKenzi York. Great grandchildren: Jaycee Ellett, Clay Ellett, and Olivia Metts Cooper.
Pallbearers are grandsons: Will Cooper, Whit Cooper, Leighton Patterson, Alex Davis, Braxton York, and Austin Howell. Honorary pallbearers are her son-in-laws and the staff of Williams and Lord Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Samaritan Purse, PO Box 3000 Boone, NC 28607; Batson Children's Hospital, 2500 North State ST, Jackson, MS 39216; and Baptist Children's Village, 114 Marketridge Dr, Ridgeland, MS 39157.