Nora Elizabeth Alderson Lacy
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Nora Elizabeth Alderson Lacy
Aug. 20, 1923 ~ April 27, 2016
Nora Elizabeth Alderson Lacy was born Aug. 20, 1923 and died on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the age of 92.
Nora and her husband, Jim, operated the R. E. Janes Gravel Co. in Abilene and raised their daughter, Carolyn. Nora was an avid bowler in her younger years.
She loved to go hunting and fishing in Colorado with her husband annually and tour the United States in the summers.
She had many accomplishments such as receiving her GED at the age of 41.
After living in Abilene for many years, upon her retirement from R. E. Janes Gravel Co., she moved to Mansfield to be closer to her daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren and begin new careers and interests.
She enjoyed traveling abroad to Japan, Spain, London, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany and loved to take the “red eye” to Las Vegas to play the slots and return home on the 4 a.m. “red eye” the next morning.
She was a business owner of a women’s retail clothing store, a convenience store, and a trucking company at different times in her life.
Nora was a risk taker.
She lived her life happily, independently, and energetically one day at a time.
Nora also cared deeply about her family and she had a large family to care about.
She was totally devoted to her sisters and brothers, daughter, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Nora found great purpose in life helping Lisa, her granddaughter, take care of the four great grandchildren. Her unselfishness was experienced by most of the members of the Alderson family throughout her life.
She will be greatly missed!
She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Davis, Burnet, and her granddaughter Lisa Corbin and husband Dennis of Mansfield and four great grandchildren, Jake McCabe, Preston Corbin, Allyson Corbin, and Kendall Corbin, all of Mansfield; brothers, Joel Alderson and wife Nila of Smithwick and Archie Alderson and wife Verna Mae of San Antonio; sisters Ethel Tucker, Burnet and Ruth Goble, Victoria.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Lacy, Abilene; her grandson, Patrick Meriney, Mansfield; sisters, Ruby Green, Burnet; Lyda Mae Green, Mansfield and brother Damon Alderson, Burnet.
A funeral service was held on Monday, May 2, 2016 at Edgar & Jenkins Family Funeral Home in Burnet, with interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Burnet.
Arrangements under the care of Edgar & Jenkins Family Funeral Home, Burnet, Texas.
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