Ann Erickson
1944 — 2024
Ann Erickson was born February 18, 1944, in Waco to parents Basil G. and Elizabeth Mackie. She attended Waco schools and graduated from Waco High School in 1962. She attended business college before her first job as a secretary at the Waco Veterans Administration Regional Office. She later transferred to the Dallas office where she worked until she decided to attend community college and the University of Texas at Arlington. While going to school part time, she worked at a jewelry store. On October 25, 1969, she and Ernest Erickson were married. Ernest had graduated from Baylor Dental School, and he had recently joined the Air Force. They lived in San Antonio where he was stationed at...