Jeanie Stephenson

Jeanie Stephenson, 55, passed away, July 18, 2018 in Bryan. The family will receive friends from 9:00 AM, Wednesday, July 25th at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan with the funeral services to begin at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow at Boswell Cemetery, in Walker County.

Jeanie was born November 9, 1962 in Galveston, Texas. She was a graduate of Bryan High School, class of '81. Jeanie spent most years of her life as a healer. The majority of her professional career was spent delivering relief to those in physical pain through deep tissue massage. She spent over 15 years in this field. Jeanie then acquired an esthetician license in addition to her massage license in order to cleanse and care for her client’s skin ailments. Jeanie’s passion for healing led her to seek a license in Chemical Dependency Counseling. With this training she helped addicts, often inmates transitioning from prison, ease back into a life of freedom. After retiring from her physically demanding job as a massage therapist, Jeanie worked in a house caring for special needs adults, becoming a surrogate mother to them. They even referred to her as “Momma”. She loved them and they loved her. After all, her favorite job was being a mother, and she was an amazing one.

Jeanie loved every animal she encountered. Most mornings you could find Jeanie praising the Lord, a duck in her lap, with the remainder of the flock eating from her hands. Therapeutic time for Jeanie was spent in nature, specifically near bodies of water, feeding turtles, birds, ducks, and teaching her daughters about the wonderful earth The Lord has created. Jeanie had a passion for wildlife reserves and often donated to the care of the animals. In 2015 Jeanie stated that she would love to work with homeless women and stated she would love to be a missionary in third world countries.

Jeanie was a member of Victory United Pentecostal Church in College Station. Jeanie loved Jesus more than anything.

Survivors include her husband, Terry Stephenson; two daughters, Natalie and Victoria Stephenson; her mother, Carol Lee Ellisor; uncle, Larry Turner, sisters, Terri Leeth and Cathi Laney; a brother, John Ellisor; sister-in-law, Charlotte Stephenson; three brothers-in-law, Ted Stephenson and his wife Jackie Sue, Bill Stephenson and his wife Debi, Phillip Stephenson and his wife Suzie; cousin, Leanna Pack; and numerous nieces and nephews.