Obituaries:  W. J. Jackson, Sabine, Vernon Parish       J-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 8, 1933
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - W. J. Jackson

  8 Dec 1933 - W. J. Jackson died at his home in Beaumont, Texas,
last Thursday morning and was interred at 2 p.m. Friday at Leesville.

  Mr. Jackson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Petty Jackson and
five children, John, Mary, Maud, Alice and W. M. Jackson, Jr.

  Coming to Sabine parish about 1900 Mr. Jackson was employed employed
by sawmills at Loring and Zwolle, later at Robeline.  In 1905 he
married Miss Lizzie Petty, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Petty of Many and entered, the same year, sawmill business at Bayou
Scie, and later on owned and operated a wagon factory at Zwolle,
followed a few years later by being identified with the late J. R.
Buvens and Dory Davis in the "Wet and Windy" mill near Many, after
which he moved to Leesville and was  engaged in sawmill and
mechanical work in Texas until his death.

  Those from Many attending the funeral were M. V. Petty, T. V. Small and Miss Lois Addison.