- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1929
- Date Of Death: March 6, 2019
- State: Alabama
Josefa Chism
August 21, 1929 – March 6, 2019
Josefa Chism, age 89 of Coker, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
Mrs. Chism was preceded in death by her husband, John P. Chism, Jr.; parents, Virgil and Willie Mae Preston Dean; and sister-in-law, Rita Dean.
She is survived by her daughters, Connie Cherry (David) of Coker and Ann Jernigan (Paul) of Mobile; brother, Pratt Dean of Birmingham; grandchildren, Kimberly Moyer (Jamie) of Coker, Ben Jernigan of Mobile, Stephen Jernigan (Megan) of Nashville, TN, Peter Jernigan (Lauren Ashley) of Cincinnati, OH; and great-grandson, Parker Moyer.
Josefa Dean Chism was born August 21, 1929, and spent her early life in Ozark, AL. She attended Troy State Teachers’ College and was a graduate of the University of Alabama, where she earned two masters’ degrees. She married John Chism on June 11, 1950, and they had been married almost sixty years when he passed away in 2010. She loved her family roles as wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She also had successive careers as a teacher and a social worker. After her retirement she became an artist and served as a volunteer art teacher for over twenty years. She was active in her church, Buhl Baptist, as long as her health permitted.
