Obit: Willie Jackson,Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ The Franklin Sun---- Winnsboro, Louisiana August 23, 2000--- Page 5A Volume 144---- No. 2 Willie Jackson Funeral services for Willie Jackson, 77, Sicily Island were held Saturday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Sicily Island with the Rev. L.B. Oliver officiating. Interment followed at Pilgrim Cemetery in Sicily Island under the direction of Richard- son Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mr. Jackson died Friday, August 11, 2000 at Franklin Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was a carpenter. Survivors include his daughters, Betty Johnson of Winnsboro; Delores Jackson Stevenson of Oakland, California; Barbara Jackson of Dallas, Texas; step- daughter, Augusta Collins of Los Angeles, California; sons, Willie Jackson Jr. of Beaumont, Texas ; Robert L. Jackson and Donald R. Jackson both of Dallas, Texas; sisters, Laura J. Garrett of Richmond, California; Ella M. McIntyre of Shreveport; brothers, Andrew L. Jackson of Wisner; Eugene Jackson of Oakland, California; 26 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grand- children. Pallbearers were Omar Bosley, Farrington Johnson, Lynn Carradine Jr., Robert Gray, Rodney Jackson and Elizonda Jackson.