Obituary of Jerry Joe Jackson, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, January 13, 1999


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Jerry Joe Jackson

Jerry Joe Jackson, of Grand Bay, Ala., and a native of Eden, died Friday,
December 31, 1998.

He was a retired boat captain employed by Dravo Industries.

Jackson was a tribal elder and member of the Jena Band of Choctaws.

Services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1999, at Gospel Fellowship Church in
Grand Bay, Ala.

Interment followed in Serenity Gardens of Tranquility in Theodore, Ala.

Survivors include two daughters, Pamela Theobald of Kingsport, Tenn., and
Michelle Ellis of Grand Bay; two sons, Jerry Marlin Jackson and Gregory Lane
Jackson, both of Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mary Jones of Trout; one brother,
Riley Jackson of Pineville; and five grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Clyde Jackson, Clifton Jackson, Mike Bray, Gary Eyler,
Kenneth Murphy, and Jerry Long.

Honorary pallbearers were Rusty Smith, Chris Allen, Robin Allen, Josh Smith,
Tommy Smith, Skipper Theobald, C. J. Nicholas, and Daniel Lewis.