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Wednesday, January 7,19981:00 P.M.

Tabernacle Baptist Church1223 Laney Walker Boulevard

Augusta, Georgia

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Reverend Otis B. Moss, III - Officiating

iC ^Jackson, was born December 9, 1934, in Washington County, Georgia

to Moses and Cherie Swint Jackson.

The family later moved to Augusta, Georgia where he attended Richmond County

Elementary Schools and graduated from Lucy C. Laney High School in 1951.

He was married to the late Gloria Thigpen Jackson for thirty-one years and was a

member of Tabernacle Baptist Church for forty years.

Mr. Jackson received a BA Degree from Maryland State University and a MA Degree

from Temple University.

Mr. Jackson was a retired History Teacher, Assistant Football Coach, Head Baseball

Coach and Girls Track Coach at Lucy C. Laney High School. For the past three years he

has served on the Richmond County Board of Education (District 2). Other affiliations

include Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, State School Board Association and Georgia

Association of Education.

He departed this life January 2, 1998 at his residence.

He leaves to mourn: two devoted sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Jackson, of Augusta, Georgia

and Mrs. Eloise Perry, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Anna

Swint, of Sandersville, Georgia and Mrs. Wanda Hammonds, of Bayshore, New York;

two devoted friends, Mr. David Dupree and Mrs. Rubena Tyler, both of Augusta,

Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

/ would sleep, dear friends, where bloated mightCan rob no man of his dearest right;My rest shall be calm in any grave

Where none can call his brother a slave.

I ask no monument, proud and high, To arrest the gaze of the passer-by; All that my yearning jspirit craves Is bury me not in a land of slaves.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Order QfQervice

PRELUDE

PROCESSIONAL

SELECTION ................................................... Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir

"Blessed Assurance"

SCRIPTURES

Old Testament ........................................................... Reverend Inez J. Smith

Psalm 91:1-11

New Testament ......................................................... Reverend Andrew Rosier

II Corithians 5:1-9

PRAYER .............................................................. Reverend Ethoin Rowe

REMARKS ( TWO MINUTES PLEASE)

Mr. Adna Stein - President Richmond County Board of Education

Dr. Alfred Reed - C. T. Walker Bible Class

SELECTION ................................................... Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir

"Near The Cross"

EULOGY ........................................................... Reverend Otis B. Moss, HI

RECESSIONAL

INTERMENT. . .A . ...*-. . g^j^- (v-J^-.©frf^- .............................. Southview Cemetery

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(participants Jor oJRe ^omcgoing

Active PallbearersDeacons of Tabernacle Baptist Church

Honorary PallbearersMembers of Alpha Phi Alpha FraternityMembers of Lucy C. Laney Class of 1951

Members of Richmond County Board of EducationMembers of C. T. Walker Bible Class

Former Faculty of Lucy C. Laney High SchoolLucy C. Laney Football Players 1958-1988

Flower BearersDeaconess of Tabernacle Baptist Church

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JESUSisa SWEET SAVIOUR.

It is Jesus© total gift of Himself to God which is a delight, a pleasure to God. It is the distinctive aroma of the sacrificial

love which God Himself had for us in giving us His Son. JESUS says . . . You

are the salt in the stew of the earth© speoples. You are the flavoring which isessential, which makes life bearable, evenenjoyable. When others recognize in youthe sweetness of My Presence, they willrespond. They will taste and see that I

am good ...

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* * Appreciation * *With grateful hearts, we acknowledge the many kindnesses performed throughout this period. Sometimes it©s hard to understand, but faith was made for times like these. Each sympathetic gesture has served as a source of comfort. May the peace of the Lord be with you always.

... The Family

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The Family Has Received Personal Care From PEOPLES FUNERAL HOME

723 Wafton Way - Augusta, Georgia (706) 724-1885