James Jackson Jr.
Posted: February 16, 2018
James Jackson Jr. passed away. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Missionary Union Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be today from noon-5 p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus. Mr. Jackson was born in Conway, South Carolina to the late Lula Mitchell Jackson and James Theodore Jackson. He went to school in Conway, South Carolina and joined the United States Air Force. He was a member of Missionary Union Baptist Church and Prince Hall Shriners. He was a 33rd degree Mason. He received the Meritorious Service medal and the senior non-commissioned Officer Academy Award. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Roosevelt, Reggie, Daniel, and Theodore Jackson. He is survived by his wife, Emily Brantley Jackson; daughter, Deidra Faye Jackson of Oxford; sisters, Luella Gagum of Paterson, New Jersey and Edna Worth of New York, New York; brother, Manuel Jackson of Paterson, New Jersey; and one grandson.