On Sunday, March 29, 2020, Marian Elizabeth (Jackson) Pettis, loving wife and mother of two children, passed away peacefully at the age of 93, from the complications of Alzheimer's disease, in Waldorf, Maryland.
Marian was born on April 17, 1926, in Harrisburg, PA, to Thomas and Nellie (Monroe) Jackson. On October 25,1952, she married Raymond Pettis and they raised two daughters. She attended William Penn Senior High School in Harrisburg, PA. In the 1940's and 1950's, she worked for two federal agencies (the Department of Navy and Immigration Naturalization Service) in Mechanicsburg, PA, and Washington, D.C., and she later became a homemaker.
Marian was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Thomas. She is survived by her husband of 67 years Raymond; her daughters Renee and Sharon; her grandchildren Travis, Lauren, and Adam, Jr.; and her great-grandchildren Lily, Taylor, and Travis, Jr.
A memorial service will be held to celebrate Marian's life at a later date.