Mae Grant Jackson was born on January 3, 1927 in Port Allen, Louisiana to the late Scott Grant, Sr. and Josephine Button Grant. She departed this life on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at her residence in DeQuincy, LA. Mattie attended McKinley High School in Baton Rouge, LA. She often reminisced of fun-filled days catching the ferry boat to school with family and friends. Her family later lived in Eunice, LA before relocating to DeQuincy. She completed a nursing assistant program and worked as a nurse for some time but her passion was sewing. You name it she made it and when she would get in a sewing frenzy she would make seven or more outfits at one time. She retired as a Supervisor for Jerell Clothing Company. She accepted Christ at a young age and was a faithful member of Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church. She loved to sing and had a pretty nice voice. Mattie loved life, people and one of her greatest attributes was her joy in giving. She was candidly outspoken and truly a joy and a "major piece of work" to her family and friends. Mattie leaves to cherish her memories two loving daughters, Rose Batiste (Allen) of Crowley, LA and Debra Griffin (Melton) of LaPorte, TX and a caring son Eddie McCoy, Jr. (Arlinda) of Bryan, TX; seven grandchildren, Ray, Arlethia, Christon, Andre, Treasure, Ciera and Greg Wayne; four great-grandchildren, Elyffa, Raya, Saraya and Laea; two sisters, Thelma Lee Johnson of Port Allen, LA and Wilma Lee Hollins of DeQuincy, LA and one brother, Scott Grant, Jr. of DeQuincy, LA. She also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and lifelong family friends. Mattie has a close and loving extended family, Harry Shaheen, Sr., of DeQuincy, LA, Caran Shaheen of Moss Bluff, LA and their children, Hank (Julia and kids Chelsey and Bear), Matthew (Kayla), Carolee, Emmalee, Kellee and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Jackson; parents, Scott Sr. and Josephine Button Grant; son, Gregory McCoy; siblings, Alice Grant, Vera Stevenson, Leola Regglar, Bernadine Hardesty, Dorothy Boyd, Patricia Harrison and Ulysses Grant.