73, of Lecanto, Florida and formerly of Seminole, Florida, passed away May 12, 2013 at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Florida.
She was born August 2, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Alton and Lula “Draper” Jackson.
She and her husband of 57 years, Michael moved to Florida in 1960 from Chicago, and operated Mike’s Quality Auto Sales & Service on Seminole Blvd. from 1965 until turning the business over to their son, Michael in 1996.
Survivors include her husband, Michael F. “Mike”; daughters, Yolanda Tichenor and her husband, Jamie, and Teresa L. Cozzi; a son, Michael C.; sisters, Jean Hayes and Sally Amadeo; and grandchildren, Eugene Tichenor, Corey Cozzi, and Nate Tichenor.
Visitation will be from 1:00pm until service time at 2:00pm Thursday, May 16th at Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home with Dr. Jack Stephenson, Senior Pastor of Anona United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Garden Sanctuary Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were made under the direction of Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home, 7950 131st St. Seminole, FL 33776 / 727-391-0121.