Olga Marina Pineda Jackson, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Mountain View Health Care.
She was born Dec. 7, 1922, in La Ceiba, Honduras, daughter of Louis Pierre and Rosa Reyes Pineda.
At age 10, she began attending school at Holy Angels Academy in New Orleans, La. She graduated high school there and was working in the American Embassy when she met and later married a young soldier named Edgar Jackson Truman. They moved to Missouri.
Her travels included Panama, Japan, and Germany while her husband was in the military. She volunteered to sew on stripes and alter or repair soldier’s uniforms.
He did alterations and repairs while working at Clean Craft Cleaners in Granite City, Ill., where the family lived for several years. She later worked at Angelica Uniform Factory when her family moved to Summersville. She worked until her retirement.
She made many beautiful quilts for family and friends. She loved making dresses for her granddaughters and pajamas for the grandkids.
She was baptized in 1962 and joined the Summersville Christian Church in 1975. She loved attending various church events. She enjoyed most sports, but especially basketball and swimming when she was younger.
She rode her first horse in Tennessee when she was 84. She loved getting together with family and looked forward to the annual Cooper family hayrides.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 60 years, Edgar; and a special friend, Ruth Tutle.
Survivors include three children, Jenny Aultz of Ft. Pierce, Fla., Peggy Parker of Dover, Tenn., and Michael Jackson of Summersville; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and many other family members and friends.
Services were Sunday, Feb. 26, at Bradford Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Hamm officiating. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.
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