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Show Agricultural Association so she could have some cows of her own. My have done that. He had had his fill of cows when he was growing up. My girl”, became a “country girl”. She also had in infectious laugh, which high pitch squeal. If you walked into a room and she was laughing, you even though you really didn’t know why. dad would never mother, the “city was more like a would laugh too She had a quiet gentle spirit. She didn’t raise her voice when she was angry, but she could put you in your place with “gentle words of persuasion”. Sometimes it would be a few moments later when the impact of what she said hit home. She believed women should act like women—no pants, no short skirts, and no revealing clothes—especially in God’s house. On rare occasions when she would garden, and I do mean rare, she would put on a pair of sweats under her dress only because she wanted to remain decent. (To this day, I do not know where she got the sweat pants because I know she didn’t buy them) Sister Jackson was a quiet shy person. She wasn’t a talker unless you were talking about the Lord. She was giving, honest, humble, meek, kind, and loving. The scriptures say that the meek shall inherit the earth. She should have a great inheritance. Her passing will leave a void that can never be filled. Sister Ida M. Jackson leaves behind three children: Jerolyn (Clarence) Threats of Muskogee, Oklahoma, James (Naomi) Jackson, Jr. and Jacqueline (David) Jenson of Salt Lake City, Utah. Her husband of 67 years preceded her in death as did their daughter, Judith Marie (Boyd) Eberhart. Grand children: Dwala G. (Toombs (General), Denise M. Howard. James C. Jackson I, Dinitri Jackson, Dominique Jackson and Olivia Hamilton. Also, Christine Eberhart Ewell (Richard), Marvin Eberhart (Rachelle), Venus Eberhart, Monique Eberhart Johns (Michael) and Renita Wilson. Great grandchildren: Nathan & Kimberly Howard; Eric, Marcus & Jalen Toombs; Isaiah Otufangavalu, Ariana Johns; Michelle, Cordell & Marcus Ewell; Alexandri, Trasheina & B. J. Delaney; Chanel McBride and Shanita Wilson. Great-Great grandchild, Kayson Howard. Also Dee Dee Ford, niece and Taylor Ford, great niece as well as a host of relatives and friends. |