JEWELL McGEE

Houston resident Jewell Maxine McGee, 43, died July 24, 2003, at home.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Valley Funeral Home, 151 E. Herning Avenue in Wasilla, with Pastor Charles Miller of the Houston Bible Baptist Church officiating. Cremation will follow services.

Mrs. McGee was born June 14, 1960, in Little Rock, Ark. She came to Alaska in May 1966 and lived in Wasilla and Houston. She was a homemaker.

She attended Bible Baptist Church in Houston and enjoyed playing with her grandchildren.

Her family said, "She was big-hearted and caring. She didn't know how not to give someone a second chance. She always saw that one spark of light in everyone that made her want to be their friend."

She is survived by her husband Paul McGee; children, James Robert McGee, April Hughes, Janet Cochran and Lisa McGee; and grandchildren, James Paul McGee, Mary Jane McGee, Dante Hughes and Bethany Hughes.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Paul McGee.