Nancy Paris Pedersen

 Memorial services for Nancy Paris Pedersen, 63, of Longview, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 at Church on the Rock with Pastor Paul officiating under direction of Rader Funeral Home, Longview. Ms. Pedersen went home to be with her Lord on Oct. 22, 2007, in Tyler. She was born July 23, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York to Frederick Robert Paris and Mary Catherine Rogers Paris. She was a member of Church on the Rock Church in Longview. She attended and graduated from Longview High School; earned her ADN from Kilgore College in 1989 and a B.A. from LeTourneau University, Longview in 1998. She worked as an RN and recently retired from Auxi Healthcare, Longview. She was an avid motorcyclist and enjoyed using her motorcycle in a prison visitation ministry. She also toured Europe and the United States with the Christian Motorcyclists Association. She was an award winning photographer, taking human interest pictures as well as incredible nature photos. She was an active member of the Sons of Norway—having spent nine years there and visiting several times after moving back to the states. She loved her group of close friends that were part of her Singles Sunday school class and enjoyed the fellowship and the many activities that furthered the kindness and love for her Lord. She was preceded in death by her father in 1987 and mother in 1981. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, David and Jennie LeDeaux of San Antonio; grandchildren, Justin and Elysia, of San Antonio; and sister and brother-in-law, Debbie and Rodney Kelley of Jacksonville. Memorials can be made to either Church on the Rock, Longview or Hospice of East Texas, Tyler.
Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress on 10/24/2007.

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