Jacklyn L. "Jackie"

Kilchriss

Cochran – Jacklyn Louise “Jackie” Mathis Kilchriss, age 75, passed away peacefully, Saturday, September 26, 2026, at her sister’s home, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 28, 2026, at 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Mathis Funeral Home. The family will greet friends after the service Monday at Mathis Funeral Home. Burial will be private in Pulaski-Bleckley Memorial Gardens.

Jackie was born on October 19, 1950, at her family’s home in Chester Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents Mr. Willie Lamar Mathis, Sr. and Mrs. Louise Garnto Mathis both of Cochran and her brother Willie Lamar "Junior" Mathis Jr. Jackie grew up in Cochran and graduated from Cochran High School, Class of 1969. She worked at L&H Shirt Factory in Cochran for many years, until their closing and then retired from Gilman Paper in Eastman. Jackie attended Empire Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors are her sister, Bernice Mathis Cook and her brother, Rickey Mathis both of Cochran; her nephew, James (Kayse Roland) Pritchett and their two children Anna Roland and Morgan Pritchett of Cochran; her nieces, Tammy (Richard) Bivona and their two children Ashlyn Bivona and Peyton Bivona of Cochran and Lisa Mathis (Steve) Harden of Colorado. 

The family is at Bernice’s home 134 Country Club Circle, Cochran.