Jackson, Marianne Bessler

Marianne “Mary” Cristal Bessler Jackson, 86 of Narrows, VA, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Marianne was born on February 14, 1938, in Halle/Saale Germany and was a daughter of the late Kurt Walter Bessler and Hildegard Ida Koller. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant sister, Adelheid Bessler.

Mary moved to America when she was 25 with her husband who was in the military. She moved to Narrows in 1999 and worked at Montgomery Ward and at a local bank.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Heidi Diane Rawlins Weaver (David) of Magnolia, DE, granddaughter, Amanda Weaver of Alexandria and grandson Kyle Weaver of San Diego, CA.

Funeral services will be conducted, Saturday, September 21, 2024, 2pm at the Givens – Riffe Funeral Chapel in Narrows with Pastor Jerry Sawyers officiating. The family will receive friends 1 hour before the service from 1 – 2 pm. The family is being served by Givens – Riffe Funeral Service in Narrows, (540) 726-2442, and online at riffefuneralservice.com.