Obituary of ANDREW MARION JACKSON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date: April 6, 1933

Headline:  Andrew M. Jackson Buried on Saturday; Sick for Long Time

Funeral services were conducted at the Hair Cemetery on Saturday for Andrew 
Marion Jackson, aged 80 years and 3 months.  Rev. L. D. Posey, pastor of the 
Baptist Church in Jena, officiated at the services.

Mr. Jackson had been in ill health for sometime and his death came on Friday 
morning.  He had been a resident of LaSalle Parish for the pat 18 years, 
having previously resided at Harrisonburg.  He was born in Tallahassee, 
Florida, on December 31, 1852.

The deceased is survived by his wife, who was Miss Nancy Dorcas, before her 
marriage, and the following children:  Mrs. B. E. Ford and Mrs. W. L. 
Barrett, Jena; Mrs. A. Jesclard, of San Antonio, Texas, and H. B. Jackson, of 
Buckeye, Louisiana.

Mr. Jackson was a member of the Lanius Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and 
had been a member for the past thirty years.