Madison County TN Archives Obituaries.....Jackson, Lawrence Plummer April 28, 1972
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Diana Stankus dianalynn926@msn.com                                                     March 11, 2006, 11:31 pm

The Jackson Sun, Sunday, April 30, 1972
Funeral services for Lawrence P. (L.P.) Jackson, 78, of 44 Pine Tree Drive 

will be at 2 p.m. Monday from the Chapel of Griffin Funeral Home with Dr. Paul 

T. Lyles officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgecrest Cemetery, Jackson, TN.



Mr. Jackson died at 6 a.m. Friday at the home of his brother and sister-in-

law, Mr. and Mrs. James DaVault of Gainesville, Florida after a brief illness.



He was born in Franklin, Kentucky, son of the late James Emory Jackson and 

Dora Dee PlummerJackson, and moved to Jackson with his parents as an infant.He 

attended city schools here and was a graduate of the Illinois School of 

Optometry.



Mr. Jackson was the owner of Jackson Jewelers until his retirement. He was an 

active Mason, member of the Scottish Rite, Al Chymia Shrine Temple, and the 

Jackson Shrine Club. He was a past patron of the Order of Eastern Star.



Mr. Jackson was a past president of the Jackson Rotary Club, past commander of 

the John A. Deaver Post 12 American Legion and was a member of the Tennessee 

Otometric Association, Jackson Lodge No. 193 B.P.O. Elks, board of directors 

of the Y.M.C.A. Knights of Pythias and of the Madison County Barracks Veterans 

of World War I.



He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.



Survivors include: his widow, Mrs. Irene Low Jackson; a niece, Mrs. Mae Bowman 

of Mission, Kan.; a nephew, George Jackson of Baltimore, Md., and a sister-in-

law, Mrs. Ledie Jackson of Mission, Kan.



Active pallbearers, requested to meet at the funeral home at 1:45 p.m., 

include: Conrid Smith, Kendrick Kroger, Jimmy Cole, Grady Arnold, E.S. 

Jackson, Dr. Merill Wise, Dr. Carol LaGrange and Walter Frankland.



Honorary pallbearers to serve are: Henry Felton, Dr. N.F. LaGrange, Martin M. 

Davis, Dr. J.A. Phillips, Simpson Russell Sr., Earl James, Joe T. Woodson, 

Frank Proctor, R.V. Young, Dr. E.W. Edwards, Dr. Harold Yarbro, E.W. Woodruff, 

Dr. Kirby Lasley, Capt. W.M. Phillips, W.L. Franks, C.C. Latta and Fred 

Crosson.



Members of the Men's Bible Class of the First United Methodist Church are 

requested to sit in a body at the services.



The body will remain at the funeral home.

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