Obit: "Uncle" Dixie Jackson, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Peggy Chandler Beaubouef, 2656 Hwy 1232, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From a Feb 1, 1929 Winnfield News American

CIVIL WAR DARKY DIES AT HIS SHACK HOME NEAR CALVIN

A negro of the old South was "Uncle" Dixie Jackson, who died at his shack home
six miles from Calvin and was buried at the colored cemetery near Sanders
Chapel last Saturday.

"Uncle Dixie" was a well known figure of his community and numbered his
friends among the "whites" as well as in his own race. He was about 76 years
old at the time of his death.  Uncle Dixie claimed that when he was twelve
years old he was among the slaves who started with their masters to Texas
during the Civil War. After reaching Sabine River they turned back when the
army of General Banks retreated and his master settled on a plantation near
where the old darky died. His shack home was built for him by both white and
colored friends.


(Submitted by Peggy Chandler Beaubouef, 2656 Hwy 1232, Winnfield, LA 71483)