Sullivan County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Reba Jean Jackson

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Bristol Herald Courier
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
 
Reba Jean Jackson

    Mrs. Reba Jean Jackson, 67, of 816 Pennsylvania Ave., Bristol, Tenn., 
died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at a Bristol Tennessee hospital following a 
lengthy illness.
    She was born in Tazewell County, Va., and was a daughter of the late 
Lee and Virgie Blankenship Ray, both Tazewell County natives.
    She had made her home in Bristol the past three years living in Wabash, 
Ind., most of her life and was a former employee of Wagners, Inc., in 
Wabash. She was of the Baptist faith.
    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, 
Mr. Amos Jackson; one sister, Bonnie Hill; and two brothers, Cecil and 
Chester Ray.
    Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Vickie) Shafer of Bristol 
Tennessee; four sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Eva) Houchins of Wytheville, Va., 
Mrs. Earl (Janice) Richardson of Indianapolis, Mrs. Arnold (Georgia) 
Shepherd of Cedar Bluff and Mrs. Glen Allen (Cookie) Hess of Galion, Ohio; 
two brothers, Mr. Rufus Ray and wife, Naomi of Cedar Bluff and Mr. Bill Ray 
and wife Dorothy of Rosedale, Va.; one grandson, Matthew Shafer; special 
friends, Margaret and Larry Blevins; and sister-in-law, Effie Ray of Cedar 
Bluff.
    Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Richlands 
Tabernacle in Richlands with Rev. Ralph Horton, Rev. Bob Osborne and Rev. 
David Horton officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory 
Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Matthew Shafer, Larry 
Blevins, Arnold Shepherd, Earl Richardson, John Shepherd and Joseph 
Shepherd. Honorary pallbearers will be Ira Jackson Jr. and Clell Mullins.
    Friends may call at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands after 
6 p.m. Wednesday and at the church one hour prior to the service.
    Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements and 
those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at 
www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.