Obituary of Jackson D. Kennedy of Richland Parish Louisiana as published in the Richland Beacon News, January 24, 2002 Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/01/2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Jackson D. Kennedy Funeral services for Jackson D. Kennedy, 18 months, of Rayville, were held January 14, 2002, at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Ernest Winburn officiating. Burial followed in Start Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home. Little Jackson died January 11, 2002, at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital after complications from a bone-marrow transplant. He is survived by his parents, Jeff and Jonann Kennedy, of Rayville; sister, Jenni Kennedy, of Rayville; brother Jonah Kennedy, of Rayville; maternal grandparents, Johnny and Mary Cannon, of Rayville; paternal grandparents, Linda Smalling of Rayville and Jimmy and Jean Kennedy, of Monroe; great maternal grandparents, Barbara Cannon, of Rayville, and Idell Riley, of Sicily Island; great paternal grandparents, Dorothy Kennedy, of Start, and Jimmie Louise Powell, of Rayville; aunts and uncle, Tony and Angie Cannon, of Rayville, Karen and Jerome Brooks, of Rayville, Todd and Kim Kennedy, of Monroe, and Chip and Roniie Kendall, of Monroe, and several cousins. Serving as pallbearers were Chuck Cannon, Sammy Lee, Matt Kennedy and Thad Cooper.