Jessie Kate Bradford Springer (Plainview)

Jessie Kate Bradford Springer, 89, of Kress passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019.  Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 24, 2019 at Kress Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors.

A visitation will be held 3:00-5:00 Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Kornerstone.

Jessie was born on Friday the thirteenth of September, 1929 in Midland, Texas to Albert S. Stonewall Bradford, Jr. and Jessie Marsh Bradford. She grew up in Peacock, Texas and went to Idalou schools until her freshman year. She then moved with her family to Kress in 1944. Her dad worked for O.V. Wilson, west of Kress. She stayed in Kress to finish school and took care of Molly Davenport, elderly, but was easy to stay with. While attending school in Kress she met her two best friends for life, Ramona Rousser Mallow and Wilma Lynn Whitlow Roberts. She loved sports and played basketball. She married D.M. Springer, Jr. on April 25, 1947. She finished her senior year in May and went on the senior trip on a school bus, leaving D.M. at home to plant cotton. Her class friends were life-long friends. She was a seasonal bookkeeper at various gins and elevators around Kress. She was always involved in church, school and community activities. She was a member of Kress Church of Christ for 73 years.

She is preceded by her husband, parents and two sisters. .

She is survived by her daughter, Kyla Smith and husband Bob of Lubbock; her sons, Kelly Springer and Kent Springer and wife Judy, all of Kress; eight grandchildren, Danny and wife, Misti, Charice and husband, Dustin, Emilee and husband Jasper, Linzie, all of Lubbock, Ailie and husband William of Grapevine, Adam and wife Kelli of Haslet, Jonathan and wife Samantha of Austin, Kendra and husband Bronc of North Carolina; fifteen great grandchildren and one great granddaughter in September.

The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Lubbock Childrens Home, 4404 Idalou Road, Lubbock, TX 79403 or Kress Cemetery, Box 1194, Kress, TX 79052

Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com