Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Jackson, Eugene May 30, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net June 5, 2007, 8:59 am Elizabethton Star June 1, 2007 Eugene Jackson Eugene Jackson, 71, 108 Earl Avenue, Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 30, 2007, after a lengthy illness. A native of Hampton, he was a son of the late Carmal and Belle Glover Jackson. Mr. Jackson retired from East Tennessee State University. He was a member of Pleasant Beach Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Arnold Jackson. Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Ella Mae Head Jackson, of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kevin and Kelly Jackson and Ernest Kent and Cathy Jackson, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Robbie Reibling, Kadie, John, Hope, Brittany and Crissy Jackson; three sisters and brothers-in- law, Joyce and C.M. Woodby and Arlene and Boyd Stinson, all of Johnson City, and Lois and John Ragno, Palm City, Fla.; and a brother and sister-in-law, Roy and Judy Jackson, Kings Park, N.Y. Several nieces and nephews and special friends, Louie and Shelby Oliver, Gordon and Mabel Stepp, Thelma Cutshall and Adrian Tolley, also survive. The funeral service for Mr. Jackson will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Pleasant Beach Baptist Church with Rev. Bobby Stout, Rev. Charlie Biggs and Rev. Kenneth Jones officiating. Music will be under the direction of Greg Ruston and Dean Palmer. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the church. Friends may also call at the residence at other times. The graveside service and interment will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Those attending are welcome to meet the family at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be James Berry, David Bowers, David Dunn, Eston Shaffer, Bobby Winters and Robbie Reibling. Honorary pallbearers will be Thom Vaughn, Sam Chesser, Harry Cable, Louie Oliver, Gordon Stepp, Carl Potter, Herman Arnold, Larry Lane and Jerome Finney. Condolence messages may be sent to the family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com or faxed to (423) 542-9499. Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Jackson family. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/obits/j/jackson542gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb