GREENVILLE, Texas — Cora Merle Jamison, 92, of Greenville, Texas, and formerly of Ada, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Hunt Regional Medical Center. A memorial service was held 1 p.m., Saturday, at The Harrison House in Greenville and a reception followed. The Rev. Bill Shaddox officiated. Burial will be at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada.
Miss Jamison was born June 20, 1921, outside of Ada. She was the daughter of Marshall Leslie Jamison Sr. and Cora Donaldson Jamison. She worked in the academic community including being head of The Placement Department Office at East Central University in Ada. She was a member of the Stonewall Methodist Church.
Survivors include her sister, Robert Ann Maddux of Greenville, Texas; nephews Eric Marshall Jamison and wife, JoAnna, of Bixby, and Robert Leslie Jamison of Edmond; five great-nieces and great-nephews; and seven great-great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, James Ross Jamison and Marshall Leslie Jamison Jr.
The family request cards of condolences be sent to Robert Ann Maddux, 6400 Jack Finney Blvd., Greenville, Texas 75402 or memorials in Miss Jamison's memory be sent to Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, Maryland 20850 for the Fort Hood, Texas facility.
Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, Greenville, Texas - See more at: http://www.theadanews.com/obituaries/x493488010/Merle-Jamison#sthash.LuCSvpSn.dpuf (Posted on her findagrave.com memorial)
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