Mary Ann Kokernot Lacy

Mary Ann Lacy May 25, 1922 January 12, 2014 Mary Ann"Koko" Kokernot Lacy died peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2014. A memorial service will be Saturday, February 1, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Waco. A reception and lunch will follow. She was born May 25, 1922, on the Kokernot 06 Ranch to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee Kokernot Jr. She attended Alpine public schools, The Hockaday School in Dallas and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1941 she returned to Texas and graduated from Baylor University in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in history. While at Hockaday, Mrs. Lacy met her future husband, Lawrence Christian Lacy, on a blind date. They married September 18, 1943, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California. They moved around while Mr. Lacy served in the Navy. They settled in Waco and started their family. Mrs. Lacy was an active member of First Baptist Church, and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She shared her talents and leadership skills in many community organizations. She always had a smile on her face and a positive attitude. She spent most summers of her life living on the beautiful Kokernot 06 Ranch. While out in West Texas, she and her family attended Paisano Baptist Encampment and Bloys Camp meeting in the Davis Mountains. She was preceded in death by her parents; and Lawrence, her spouse of 67 years. She is survived by their four children, Elizabeth Winn and husband, Jim, Chris Lacy and wife, Dawn, Ann Brown and husband, Cletus III, and Golda Brown and husband, Stan. Mrs. Lacy is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Molly Winn Burns and husband, Webb, Lacy Winn Sakellaris and husband, George, James Winn, Kristin Lacy Cavness and husband, Buddy, Lance Lacy and wife, Brandee, Cletus Brown IV, Edward Brown, Cooper Brown LaPoint and husband, Mike, Jacob Brown and wife, Milana, and Lauren Brown. Her nine great grandchildren are Hayden and Selden Burns, Angenie, Natalie and Emma Sakellaris, Madison and Mason Cavness and Christian and Katherine Lacy. She also leaves her attentive caregivers, Judy Gindratt, Tracy Drake, Socorro and Joe Wolcott and Uni Murphy. A quote from a dear friend, "I had the wonderful privilege of serving on a Baylor committee with her for 20 years as we worked through a number of challenges to get a Panhellenic Building agreed upon, approved, fund-raised, designed, built, dedicated, and occupied. I grew to appreciate those same qualities that made Koko so valuable to Paisano-- loyalty, dedication, consistency, selflessness, persistence, honesty, pragmatismbut most of all friendship and love." We will all miss her. Memorials may be made to Paisano Baptist Encampment, Attention Buddy Baldridge 6725 Highway 380 Synder, Texas, 79549; Harold C. Simmons-Friends of Fine Arts Scholarship Fund. Baylor University, Attention Sue Koehler One Bear Place 97262 Waco, Texas 76798; or charity of your choice. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our "Memorial Guestbook" at www.WilkirsonHatchBailey.com.