She was born and reared in Henderson, TN the daughter of the late Jessie Kelly and Rosie Ethel Gilliam Morris. She went to school in Chester County. In 1949 she was married to Joseph Richard Isaacs. They lived at Heritage Towers for many years. Mr. Isaacs died in 2003. She loved gardening, crocheting and squirrel and deer hunting. She was Pentecostal in belief. She is survived by five daughters, Bertha Burton and Brenda Jones both of Greenfield, TN, Linda Zurek of Camden, Kay Dillard of Dyersburg and Joy Sikes of Henderson and twenty grandchildren.