Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Fairfield Recorder newspaper
March 2008


Velma (Griffin) Jackson

Funeral services were held last weekend for Velma Jackson, 82, of Wortham who
died Saturday, March 15 in DeSoto.

Ms. Jackson was raised in Wortham and attended school there. She was a member 
of Beulah Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Usher Board and was
chairperson of the kitchen committee. Mrs. Jackson was employed at the Wortham
hospital for 24 years and was elected to city council in 2003.

Services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at Beulah Missionary
Baptist Church in Wortham with Rev. Lester Brown officiating. Burial was at 
Wortham Cemetery.

Ms. Jackson is survived by sisters Thelma Pringle of Waco and Gladys McMullen
of Wortham; brother McKinley Griffin and wife Bernice of Lake Dallas; and 
special niece Evelyn Blair and husband Fred of DeSoto.

Arrangements by Moore's Angelic Funeral Home of Teague.

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Teague Chronicle
March 27, 2008

VELMA IBUCK JACKSON


Mrs. Velma Jackson of Wortham, Texas passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2008, in a 
Desoto Hospital surrounded by loving family and friends.

Funeral services for Mrs. Jackson were held on Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Beulah 
Missionary Baptist Church of Wortham with the pastor Rev. Lester Brown officiating. 
Interment was at the Blind Lemon Jefferson Cemetery in Wortham.

Mrs. Jackson grew up in Wortham, Texas and attended the Wortham Public Schools. She 
was a member of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church and served on the Usher Board 
and as chairperson of the Kitchen Committee.

She worked at the Wortham Hospital for 24 years and was elected to the Wortham City 
Council on May 3, 2003. She served until her term ended.

Velma is survived by her sister Gladys McMullen of Wortham and her twin sister Thelma 
Pringle of Waco; her brother McKinley Griffin and wife Bernice of Lake Dallas; a 
special niece Evelyn Blair and husband Fred of Desoto and a host of other nieces 
nephews other relatives and friends.

Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home of Teague was in charge of the arrangements.