Obituaries:Andrew Jackson
Submitter:Pauline Mobley  Feb 2001
Source:West Carroll Gazett 5 Feb. 1942



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West Carroll Gazette  5 Feb. 1942

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD WEDNESDAY FOR FIRST MAYOR

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Oak Grove 
Methodist church for Andrew Jackson, native and life-long resident
of West Carroll Parish, who died Tuesday afternoon in a Monroe 
hospital following a brief illness. At the time of his death the
deceased was 78 years of age.

Following the services at the church, conducted by the Rev. C.N.
Travis, pastor of the local Baptist church, who officiated in the
absence of the Methodist pastor, final Masonic rites were rendered
at the graveside. Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the
direction of Catron-Golden Funeral Home.

Born within two miles of the present site of the town of Oak Grove, 
Mr. Jackson served as the first mayor of the town. Throughout his
life a leader in business and civic affairs of the town and parish,
the deceased held many positions of trust and honor in his community.

Included in the group of organizers, he was the first president of the 
Bank of Oak Grove and according to best information available, built 
the first cotten gin in Oak Grove. For a mumber of years he operated
a general store and large plantation, retiring from the mercantile
business in 1925. He relinquised his duties as operator of the 
plantation some ten years ago.

At various times he had served the parish as a member of the police
jury and the parish school board and was for a time a member of the
levee board. He was a prominent member of the Oak Grove Masonic Lodge
F. and A.M. and belonged to the Shreveport temple of Shriners. A
32nd degree Mason, he was also a member of the Delhi chapter of the
Royal Arch.

Surviving the deceased are one brother, Henry, of Fort Bolivar, Tx.; two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Reneau Sr., and Mrs. W.H. Bivins, both of 
Oak Grove; one son, Sam Jackson, and three daughters, Mrs. I.M. McCurdy, Mrs. Charles E. Walcott and Mrs. A.R. McKee, all of 
Oak Grove.

Active pallbearers included D.B. Fisk, Bill Dickinson, L.T. Bivins,
Albert Bivins, W.M. Yates, M.N. Lipp and Joe T. Kelly.