Jeanette Leigh Pontia, 60, resident of Spring Hill and Murfreesboro, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 30, 2019.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 14 at the Church of the Nativity in Thompson Station with Father Jerry Strange officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Resurrection Columbarium at Maury Memorial Gardens. Heritage Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Born June 5, 1959 in Martins Ferry, OH, daughter of Patricia Schuller Pontia and the late Raymond A. Pontia. She got her Masters Degree at Wheeling Jesuit College in Wheeling WV and she worked in the IT Department at Middle Tennessee State University. She loved her church, church family and was a member of the CHRP group in Destin and Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. She enjoyed the ocean and traveling.
She leaves to cherish her memory, three daughters: Jenilee McNamara and Jill McNamara, both of Murfreesboro and Juliette McNamara of Spring Hill; her sister: Debra Norman of St. Clairsville, OH; brothers: Raymark Pontia of Yorkville, OH and David Pontia of Columbus, OH.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in her memory to the Church of the Nativity, 2793 Buckner Ln, Thompson’s Station, TN 37179
