Mattie Josephine “Josie” Scarbrough McGee, 58 of Lone Oak was called home on Thursday, July 18, 2013.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Cook and Mr. John Lawrence officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Valley Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was born Mattie Josephine Scarbrough on March 5, 1955 to Forest Lee and Dorothy Walls Scarbrough in Greenville, TX. She grew up in the Battle Axe Community and graduated from Greenville High School in 1973.
She married Jerry McGee on June 28, 1974 and together they have three children; Jennifer, Jana and Jeremy.
She worked and retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone/ AT&T for 27 years. She was a member of the Blackland Pioneers where she helped with several organizations and cloth-a-child. She was also a board member with CASA in Greenville for 2 years. She also volunteered with the Lone Oak FFA Booster Club for many years.
She was a faithful member of Wieland Church of Christ.
She was very family oriented. Her happiest moments were spending time with her family and being Nana to her grandbabies.
Josie is survived by husband Jerry; daughters and son in-laws, Jennifer and Scott Ragsdale, Jana and John Dooley, all of Lone Oak; son and daughter in-law, Jeremy and Kendra McGee, of Garland; grandchildren Allen and Faith Ragsdale and Justin and Jaylan Dooley, all of Lone Oak and Aubrey McGee of Garland.
She is also survived by her sisters, Patsy Stapleton and Jean Martin and husband Phillip Martin, all of Greenville; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Hoyt Scarbrough.
Serving as pallbearers are Jerry Pippin, Charles Scarbrough, Clay Payne, Louis Martinez, Artie Cook and Clay Pullen. Honorary pallbearers are John Williams, Wes Richardson and Jimmy Jenkins.