A native of Rocky Mount, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Carl and Lossie Davis Jernigan.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Jean Rudolph; her daughter, Jackie Lee Ammons; and her grandson, Forrest Ammons.

She graduated from Broughton High School and Women's College in Greensboro, where she was the editor of the Pine Needles Annual and was selected an outstanding senior. She was president of the Wendell Woman's Club and a member of the Hoe 'n Hope Garden Club, the Thursday Afternoon Club and taught Sunday school at Wendell Baptist Church for many years. With Delores Dean, she owned and operated The Flower Shop for 40 years.

Survivors include her husband, William John Ammons; three sons, Stephen Ammons and his wife Kim, Frederick Judson Ammons and his wife Sherri and John Ammons and Jennifer Sandy; Bonnie Ammons, mother of Kristen and Judson and Mary Ammons, mother of Cole, Sammie and Jackie; and seven grandchildren.

Memorial services were held Thursday morning at Wendell Baptist Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to Peace College Jackie Lee Ammons Scholarship Fund, 15 E. Peace St., Raleigh, NC, 27604; Wendell Baptist Building Fund, PO Box 187, Wendell, NC, 27591 or to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's St., Suite 400, Raleigh, NC, 27605.

Strickland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.