October 6, 1927 –  March 19, 2012 Jackie was the daughter of J. S. and Mildred Fowler Patterson. J.S. and Mildred picked Jackie from Hope Cottage in Dallas, TX. She graduated from Bells High School and attended Texas Women’s College in Denton then started substitute teaching in Boyd ISD and Bells ISD. She eventually started a working career as a payroll clerk at Perrin Field. After their closing she worked as a purchasing agent at the Sam Rayburn Veterans Hospital in Bonham, TX retiring in 1987. Jackie married Vernon Mullican in 1961 and she, Vernon and Clyde and Mary Alice Little built and opened Mullican-Little Funeral Home in January 1964. She was a member of the Bells Church of Christ.