LOLA BEATRICE MONROE WAS BORN JULY 8, 1927, IN BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, TO WILLIE B. MOORE AND CL JONES SR. MAMA EXPRESSED HER FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AT A YOUNG AGE, AND SHE LIVED A LIFE GROUNDED IN DEVOTION, SERVICE, AND LOVE FOR GOD AND HER FAMILY.  AT THE AGE OF 18, SHE MARRIED JESSIE L. MONROE ON APRIL 29, 1946; FROM THIS UNION, 12 CHILDREN WERE BORN. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 56 YEARS UNTIL DAD DEPARTED THIS WORLD ON DECEMBER 21, 2001.

MOTHER DEAR AND DADDY RAISED ALL THEIR CHILDREN IN EAST AUSTIN,TEXAS, FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1985, THEY MOVED TO CEDAR CREEK, TX, AND LATER RELOCATED TO DALE, TX IN 1990. BEFORE RETIRING, SHE WORKED AS A HOUSEKEEPER FOR BARKER'S OFFICE FURNITURE FOR 30 YEARS.  MOTHER DEAR CHERISHED HER FAMILY, AND SHE LOVED BEATING THE PANTS OFF THOSE SHE PLAYED DOMINOES AGAINST. SHE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO OUR MONROE FAMILY FISHING TRIPS.  GARDENING GAVE HER PEACE, AND SHE LOVED COOKING HER HOMEGROWN VEGETABLES FOR HER FAMILY. HER GREATEST ENJOYMENT WAS SITTING ON HER PORCH AND READING HER BIBLE. MOTHER EMBODIED KINDNESS, STRENGTH, HUMOR, AND COMPASSION. SHE TOUCHED COUNTLESS LIVES WITH HER GENTLE SPIRIT AND A GENEROUS HEART. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF CEDAR CREEK. AFTER SHE MOVED TO DALE, SHE BEGAN ATTENDING DALE CORINTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

MOTHER DEAR LEFT THIS TROUBLED WORLD TO BE WITH THE LORD AT THE AGE OF 98 YEARS OLD ON MAY 1, 2026, AT 6:22AM. SHE LEAVES A LIFETIME OF PRECIOUS MEMORIES TO BE KEPT BY HER CHILDREN: WILLIE MAE BRITE, JAMES L. MONROE (AND HIS WIFE ADA), JOYCE M. MCDOWELL, LULA N.

KEMP, DAVID R. MONROE, SEAMORE MONROE, GARRETT O. MONROE, AND JANIE R. MORMAN (AND HER HUSBAND DANNY); HER BROTHER CL JONES JR.; AND HER SISTERS ELOISE BAKER AND JOYCE M.

JONES, WHO SHE LOVINGLY CALLED 'BABY.' SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER 25 GRANDCHILDREN, 45 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 22 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM SHE DEARLY LOVED.

MAMA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND JESSIE L. MONROE; HER FATHER CL JONES SR.; HER MOTHER WILLIE B. MCGOWN; STEP-FATHER CHARLIE MCGOWN; HER SONS JESSE L. MONROE JR. AND JOHN MONROE; HER DAUGHTERS LOVEY JEAN CARTER AND CHARLENE MONROE; HER SIBLINGS CHARLES MCGOWN, CLYDE MCGOWN, MARTHA MCGOWN, JOSEPHINE MCGOWN, ROSA JONES BAKER, ORA HARRIS, AND EMMANUEL JONES; HER GRANDCHILDREN RICKEY MONROE, PAUL A. MONROE, KELVIN ELAM, LATRICE BRITE, AND JAMES MONROE (PETER); AND HER SONS-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WHOM SHE EMBRACED AS HER OWN CHILDREN: GUS C. BRITE, IVORY KEMP, SAMMY MCDOWELL, VERNON CARTER, AND BRENDA FAYE JONES MONROE.