SYLVESTER JACKSON SR. was the son of Starling Jackson and Mrs. Hattie (Butler) Jackson.
First wife - Mrs. Julia (Tyson) Jackson
Second wife - Mrs. Ethel Lee (Childs) Jackson
Obituary
"Funeral services for Sylvester Jackson, 83, of Jefferson, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shady Grove Church Of Christ. Burial followed in Gethsamane Core Cemetery. Arrangements were by Atlanta Funeral Home.
Mr. Jackson died at 12:02 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta, Texas. He was born January 31, 1897. He had lived in Jefferson for about 60 years. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He belonged to Shady Grove Church Of Christ, and he was a former member of Gethsamane Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel Jackson, of Jefferson; four sons, Sylvester Jackson Jr., of LaPorte, and Thomas Jackson, of Maywood, Illinois, and L.C. Jackson, of Palmdale, California, and Booker T. Mathis, of New Orleans, Louisiana; six daughters, Charles Etta Jefferson, Vernell Myles and Bertha Smith, all of Jefferson, and Irma Jean Jacquot, Lulu Stigers and Queen Esther Poole, all of Houston; 12 stepchildren; three brothers; two sisters; and many other relatives and friends."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Wednesday, May 21, 1980 and Sunday, May 25, 1980 Editions of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]
~ 1880-1940 Census Records of Marion County, Texas
Respectfully, this biography and the transcription of the obituary are submitted with care courtesy of FindingOurLott, Contributor #48513572.
First wife - Mrs. Julia (Tyson) Jackson
Second wife - Mrs. Ethel Lee (Childs) Jackson
Obituary
"Funeral services for Sylvester Jackson, 83, of Jefferson, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shady Grove Church Of Christ. Burial followed in Gethsamane Core Cemetery. Arrangements were by Atlanta Funeral Home.
Mr. Jackson died at 12:02 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta, Texas. He was born January 31, 1897. He had lived in Jefferson for about 60 years. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He belonged to Shady Grove Church Of Christ, and he was a former member of Gethsamane Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel Jackson, of Jefferson; four sons, Sylvester Jackson Jr., of LaPorte, and Thomas Jackson, of Maywood, Illinois, and L.C. Jackson, of Palmdale, California, and Booker T. Mathis, of New Orleans, Louisiana; six daughters, Charles Etta Jefferson, Vernell Myles and Bertha Smith, all of Jefferson, and Irma Jean Jacquot, Lulu Stigers and Queen Esther Poole, all of Houston; 12 stepchildren; three brothers; two sisters; and many other relatives and friends."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Wednesday, May 21, 1980 and Sunday, May 25, 1980 Editions of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]
~ 1880-1940 Census Records of Marion County, Texas
Respectfully, this biography and the transcription of the obituary are submitted with care courtesy of FindingOurLott, Contributor #48513572.
SYLVESTER JACKSON SR. was the son of Starling Jackson and Mrs. Hattie (Butler) Jackson.
First wife - Mrs. Julia (Tyson) Jackson
Second wife - Mrs. Ethel Lee (Childs) Jackson
Obituary
"Funeral services for Sylvester Jackson, 83, of Jefferson, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shady Grove Church Of Christ. Burial followed in Gethsamane Core Cemetery. Arrangements were by Atlanta Funeral Home.
Mr. Jackson died at 12:02 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta, Texas. He was born January 31, 1897. He had lived in Jefferson for about 60 years. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He belonged to Shady Grove Church Of Christ, and he was a former member of Gethsamane Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel Jackson, of Jefferson; four sons, Sylvester Jackson Jr., of LaPorte, and Thomas Jackson, of Maywood, Illinois, and L.C. Jackson, of Palmdale, California, and Booker T. Mathis, of New Orleans, Louisiana; six daughters, Charles Etta Jefferson, Vernell Myles and Bertha Smith, all of Jefferson, and Irma Jean Jacquot, Lulu Stigers and Queen Esther Poole, all of Houston; 12 stepchildren; three brothers; two sisters; and many other relatives and friends."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Wednesday, May 21, 1980 and Sunday, May 25, 1980 Editions of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]
~ 1880-1940 Census Records of Marion County, Texas
Respectfully, this biography and the transcription of the obituary are submitted with care courtesy of FindingOurLott, Contributor #48513572.
First wife - Mrs. Julia (Tyson) Jackson
Second wife - Mrs. Ethel Lee (Childs) Jackson
Obituary
"Funeral services for Sylvester Jackson, 83, of Jefferson, were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shady Grove Church Of Christ. Burial followed in Gethsamane Core Cemetery. Arrangements were by Atlanta Funeral Home.
Mr. Jackson died at 12:02 p.m. Tuesday in Atlanta, Texas. He was born January 31, 1897. He had lived in Jefferson for about 60 years. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He belonged to Shady Grove Church Of Christ, and he was a former member of Gethsamane Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel Jackson, of Jefferson; four sons, Sylvester Jackson Jr., of LaPorte, and Thomas Jackson, of Maywood, Illinois, and L.C. Jackson, of Palmdale, California, and Booker T. Mathis, of New Orleans, Louisiana; six daughters, Charles Etta Jefferson, Vernell Myles and Bertha Smith, all of Jefferson, and Irma Jean Jacquot, Lulu Stigers and Queen Esther Poole, all of Houston; 12 stepchildren; three brothers; two sisters; and many other relatives and friends."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Wednesday, May 21, 1980 and Sunday, May 25, 1980 Editions of The Marshall News Messenger [the newspaper of Harrison County, Texas]
~ 1880-1940 Census Records of Marion County, Texas
Respectfully, this biography and the transcription of the obituary are submitted with care courtesy of FindingOurLott, Contributor #48513572.
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