Union: Services for Ms. Jacqueline "Jackie" Richardson will be held at 10:30am, Saturday, March 18, 2023 at First Baptist Church Union. Burial will be held at 3:00pm at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS. Dr. Jon Martin will be officiating.

Visitation will be held from 9:30-10:30am, Saturday, prior to Church services at First Baptist Church Union.

Ms. Richardson, 95, of Union died Saturday, March 11, 2023.

Miss Jackie was a school teacher at Union High School for 22 years. She loved her job and loved making the lives of her students better and brighter.

She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Union for 65 years. She was also an active member of the Union Home and Garden Club for 65 years, serving as president more than once.

She was an incredible cook, vegetable gardener, flower and rose gardener and had a green thumb that could make anything grow.

She spent two years at Millsaps, and then later graduated from Mississippi State University, earning her bachelor's, master's and specialist's degrees.

After retiring from Union High School, she traveled to China five times to teach English under a Christian Missionary program.

She made the world around her a better place, improved many many lives and will be greatly missed.

Survivors:

1 Daughter: Shannon Hunt (Darren)

2 Sons: Erik Richardson (Jennie Vieve) and Darby Richardson (Leslie)

6 Grandchildren: Jared Easterling (Anna), Ada Caroline Richardson, Mary Margaret Richardson, Mattie Emmaline Richardson, Stacker Benjamin Richardson and Martha Tatum Richardson

3 Great Grandchildren: Evelyn, Lynlee and John Michael

2 Close First Cousins: Dorothy Sue Paschall and JoAnne McEvoy

Ms. Richardson was preceded in death by one son, Michael David Speed and parents, O.P "Jack" Byars, Jr and Mattie Ruth Byars.

The family will serve as pallbearers.