Our Mother, Mary Margaret Lightfoot Jones of Shreveport, Louisiana, left this world to be with her Savior on August 15,2023.
She was surrounded by her girls.
Born Mary Margaret Stevens in Many, Louisiana to Turner Elmo Stevens and Grace Yvonne Darby Stevens.
Mr. Stevens, her father, was a Sergeant with Shreveport Police Department and Mrs. Stevens, her mother, was a florist.
She was their only child and highly adored.
Mary Margaret attended Byrd High School along side her lifelong friend Linda Yeager. She graduated Byrd Class of ‘56.
In her adolescent years and up until adulthood she was an accomplished competitive skater, model and member of both adult softball and bowling leagues.
She was a longtime member of UDC Chapter #397 and DAR Chapter in Mansfield, Louisiana.
She was a genealogist and her research aided books written on the lives of The Massey’s, The Lightfoot’s, The Darby’s and the McFerren family lineage.