Jackie Lou Hollister

Jackie Lou Hollister was born in Van Zandt County, Texas on January 25, 1932 to Andrew Jackson and Lula Estelle Sanders Hollister. He was 29 years old and Lula was 24 years old. Jackie was brought up in the farming community of Wills Point, Texas and lived there all of her childhood. Jackie graduated from Wills Point High School and moved to Dallas, Texas where she began working at an insurance company. While living there with several girlfriends, she began corresponding with a young man from Mabank, Texas by the name of Rudy Mack Groom who was serving on the USS Duncan during the Korean conflict. They were smitten with "love at first write" and married on October 3, 1952 in Wills Point, Texas. They soon birthed 5 children.