Obituary of Dorothy Jackson

Funeral services for Dororhy L. Jackson, 84, Overton, will be at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with Reverend Brian Etheridge officiating. Burial will follow at 4:00 p.m. in the Judson Cemetery, Cayuga. Mrs. Jackson died Saturday, July 18, 2009 in a Tyler hospital. She was born April 19, 1925 in Timpson to the late Jesse and Gladys Lowe Thomas. She lived most all her life in the East Texas area and graduated from Gaston High School. She retired from the Overton Independent School District where she had worked as manager of the school cafeteria and she was a member of the Overton Missionary Baptist Church. Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Lester E. Jackson in 1993. Survivors include four sons and two daughters-in-law, Larry Jackson, Overton, Robert and Janis Jackson, Kirbyville, Ronnie Jackson, Kilgore, and Darrell and Mary Jackson, Killeen; nine grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Mark Jackson, Jason Jackson, Clint Jackson, Shane Jackson, Craig Jackson, and Jerry Adair. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, at the funeral home.