Collin Co., TX - Obits: Myrle Jackson ************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Contributed by: Elaine Bay ************************************* Funeral services for Myrle Jackson, 97 of Leonard, were held Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Leonard with Rev. Willie Johnson and Rev. Jim McIntire officiating. She died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 at the Homestead ofMcKinney in McKinney, Tex. Burial followed the services at Pike Cemetery in Pike, Tex. Pallbearers were Scott Jackson, Donny Cox, John Jackson, Shannon Stephens, Gary Cox and Danny Allison. She was born July 14, 1910 at Pike, Tex., daughter of John Edgar Howard and Lucy Ann Williams Howard. She married W. A. Jackson on Jan. 2, 1936 at Rockwall, Tex. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Leonard and a long-time volunteer at the Veteran’s Hospital in Bonham. She is survived by her son, James R. Jackson and wife of Leonard; son, Billy R. McGee and wife Pat of Allen; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Jackson of Garland; 15 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by sons, Eual Dean Jackson, Johnny William (Bill) Jackson, Fred Jackson and Chester Jackson; sisters, Alvis Spradlin and Johnnie Nell Cox and a brother, Claude Howard. The family visitation was held at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Leonard Monday, Sept. 24, from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Pike Cemetery Association or to the First United Methodist Church in Leonard. Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Leonard had charge of arrangements. An on-line registry may be signed at http://www.tjmfuneral.com ~ ~ ~ The Leonard Graphic, September 2007