Bernice Jackson
Posted: January 25, 2019
MACON — Bernice Smith Jackson, 62, died Jan. 16, 2019, at Noxubee General Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sylvan Ridge M.B. Church with the Rev. Montrell Rucker officiating. Burial will follow at Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon-6 p.m. Friday at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jackson was born Sept. 17, 1956, in Noxubee County, to the late Howard L. Smith and Francis Smith. She was formerly employed with Cal Jack. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Eddie George Smith and Terry Lee Smith. She is survived by her children, Toya Smith, Anthony Jackson, Shaulanda Jackson, Roshaunda Jackson Williams and Romoan Jackson, all of Macon and Ashley Jackson of Brooksville; siblings, Sylvester Smith, Tavy Smith and Alberta Joiner, all of Macon and James Smith of Los Angeles, California; 25 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Marlon Windham, Lionel Richey, Demetries Taylor, J.C. Taylor, DeAngelo Bankhead and Delvin Young.