Mary Saunders Jeter

Cremation arrangements for Mrs. Mary Saunders Jeter, 79, of Kilgore are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Mrs. Jeter was born on October 12, 1943, in Bend, Oregan and passed away in Kilgore on August 17, 2023. Mary was the daughter of the late Edwin J. and Margaret Saunders. She graduated from Halifax High School. While living in South Boston, Mary worked as an Administrator Assistant for JP Stevens Textiles. Later Mary moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina and then to Kilgore where she worked as an Office Administrator for SSI Maxim. Mary loved to cook, she enjoyed gardening, flower arranging and taking care of her three rescue puppies, Augie, Norton, and Jill. She always enjoyed her time traveling in their RV to watch the Nascar races.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Paul Edward “Pete” Jeter; son, William “Chip” Welcher, Jr. and wife Kim; stepchildren Paul Edward “Trip” Jeter III and wife Christy, Ashley Jeter Caskins, and Corina Jeter Heintz and husband Brian; granddaughter, Randi Birdsong, and husband Cody; great grandson, Nolan Birdsong; sister, Vivian Tingen, and husband Randy.