Mary Eloise Jemison

Mary Eloise Jemison went to be with her Lord in Savior in the evening of Sunday, December 22, 2024. She was 88 years old. Eloise was born to Jesse Joseph Jemison, Jr. and Mary Henrietta “Rhetta” Jemison on May 8, 1936, in Mobile, Alabama, where she remained a lifelong resident. She attended Catholic school and was an Azalea Trail Maid for St. Margaret’s Catholic School. Eloise’s early career was in childhood development. Later in life she moved into selling fine jewelry and china, and eventually retired from Zundal’s in Mobile. She began floral design school and became a Master Gardener. Eloise loved gardening and propagating flowers and vegetables. She volunteered at the Festival of Flowers and designed floral arrangements for Cleveland’s florist. Eloise was a very involved parishioner at St. Dominic Catholic Church. She was a sacristan and Eucharist minister.

Eloise was a very independent and strong woman. She was quick witted and sassy! She was the original diva in this girl family and loved wearing animal print. Eloise was a caring, loving person and always ready to help people in need. She was so extremely proud of her granddaughters and adored her great granddaughters. She was a true mentor and matriarch and will be greatly missed.

Eloise was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Jesse Joseph “Tootsie” Jemison III, Charles Edward Jemison, and Edward Michael Jemison.

She is survived by her loving and devoted daughter, Joan Howard Pruett (husband, Mike); granddaughters, Lauren Ashlee Soutullo and Kathryn Marie O’Brien (husband, Gil); great-granddaughters, Olivia Blake O’Brien and Emma Collins O’Brien; brothers, Daniel Louis Jemison (wife, Carolyn) and Harry Eugene Jemison; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other cherished family and friends.

Visitation for Eloise will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2025, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama, with a Mass of Christian Burial immediately following. Interment will be in Pine Crest Cemetery on Dauphin Island Parkway.