Funeral services for Jackie Lou Groom, 85, of Mabank, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 15, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Mabank with Rev. Brent Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery near Mabank under the direction of Allan Fuller Funeral Home in Wills Point.

She passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 11, 2017, in Mabank surrounded by her family.

Jackie was born on January 25, 1932, in Wills Point, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Hollister and Lula Estelle Sanders Hollister. She was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1949. On October 3, 1952, she married Rudy Groom in Terrell. She was a homemaker and enjoyed traveling. She loved her family very much and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She lived in Houston prior to moving to Mabank twenty-one years ago. She was a member of the Garden Club, PTO, Friends of the Library and the Delphian Club. Jackie was also a member of Elm Grove Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Lula Hollister.

Jackie is survived by her husband, Rudy Groom, of Mabank; two sons, Rudy Michael Groom & wife, Andrea Myntti, of Mabank and William Hollister Groom & wife, Seruwaia Vuki Groom, of Mabank; three daughters, Deborah Sue Groom Massey & husband, Ronal, of Mabank, Mary Kathleen Groom Valentino & husband, Joseph, of Dale and Laurie Anne Groom Carder & husband, Rick, of Angleton; two brothers, Donald Hollister & wife, Judith, of Wills Point and Jerry Hollister & wife, Candy, of Wills Point; sister, Wanda Clark & husband, Jim, of Mabank; thirteen grandchildren, Jennifer Ashley Brendel Morris, Patrick Michael Groom, Christopher Thomas Brendel, Wesley Parks Burke, Jaclyn Marie Durante, Steven Chase Burke, Agatha Myntti Venters, Edward George Durante,Jr., Brendon Kyle Groom, Paige Nichole Nicholson, Jonathan William Groom, Caelyn Hailey Groom and Rhys Bailey Groom; great-grandchildren, innumerable because they all called her "Nini".

Family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Donations may be made to the Mabank Area Good Samaritans, PO Box 1891, Mabank, 75147 and the Mabank I.S.D. Education Foundation, PO Box 5229, Mabank, Texas 75147 in memory of Jackie Groom.