The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Mary Cecelia Jones, 78, of Orange, will be Friday, October 29th, at 1pm at the Mount Olive Baptist Church Christian Life Center.
Rites of Christian Burial will follow at Magnolia Memorial Gardens under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 12 noon until 1pm.
Mary Cecelia Robertson was born December 20th, 1942, in Erath, LA to Sylvia Green Robertson and Lionel Robertson.
She has resided in Southeast Texas some 60 years, graduating from Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, TX.
A seamstress, she was a member of the Mount Olive Baptist Church. An active member, she was involved with the Usher Board, Bereavement Committee and served faithfully in the Rosa Watson Caring Kitchen at the church.
She passed Oct 21st at Mid Jefferson Extended Care Hospital in Nederland, TX.
Survivors include two sons, Willie James Robertson (Bernadine) of Orange and Bryan Robertson (Lorri) of Beaumont, TX, two daughters, Sylvia Gardner-Sezer (Alfred, Jr.) and Monica Robertson Lopez, both of Orange, three sisters, Emma Fobish and Mary Ellen Fontenot (Herman), both of Port Arthur, TX and Virginia Robertson of Erath, LA, 9 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
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