Janice Gregory

Janice Lynn Gregory, 58, of Hewitt and Mexia, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 peacefully in her sleep, after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. A Memorial Service will be 2:00pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Grace Gardens Funeral Home with a visitation starting an hour prior at 1:00pm.

Janice was born September 21, 1959 in Garland, Texas. She was a 1975 graduate from Groesbeck High School. She worked at the Mexia State School for 13 years, and was most recently a peer counselor for Nami.

To know Janice was to love her, she was a people pleaser and loved animals. She was an avid sports spectator and enjoyed refereeing volleyball games. Janice loved to cook and entertain, and she had an amazing dish collection. Her hobbies included crocheting, being outdoors, camping and fishing, reading, and keeping up with current events. Janice loved the Beatles music and dancing.

Ms Gregory was preceded in death by her son, Brian Keith Gregory; sister, Cynthia Ann Collinsworth Miller; and brother, Eldon Blake Johnson, Jr.

Janice is survived by her life partner, Wanda Jackson, mother, Jimmie Grelen; father, Henry and Judy Collinsworth; brothers, David Johnson, Michael and Jennie Johnson; bothers in law, Curtis and Maria Jackson, Wendell Jackson, Phil Jackson; sister in law Melissa and Richard Wilson, many nieces and nephews; and her best friend Karin and David Henry.