Jacqueline B. Songer, age 80, a longtime resident of Eagleville and a Shelbyville Vo Tech high school teacher, passed away January 19, 2024. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro with a bachelor of science degree. She had a long career in education as a home economics/commercial food and science teacher at Shelbyville Vo Tech High school and then Forrest High School in Chapel Hill. She was an active alumni member of Alpha Delta Pi. She was an avid reader and traveler, with some of her last travels to Washington DC, Nova Scotia and the Rose Bowl parade.
Jacqueline is survived by her daughter, Kimberly (Edwin) Barranco; sons, Patrick (Jennifer) Songer and Geoffrey Allen Songer; grandchildren, Alex, Imee, Matthew, Reese, Shelby and Kerrigan; four great grandchildren and loving twin sister, Patricia A. Trainor. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roger Songer; parents, William Christopher Trainor and Eleanor Flora Gerwig and brother, Curt Trainor.
A memorial gathering with family and friends will be held 2-4:00PM Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Lawrence Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation. Arrangements in care of Lawrence Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 203 S. Horton Pkwy. Chapel Hill, TN. 37034.
