Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 3/29/2000

James E. Jackson

March 18, 1954 - March 24, 2000

Mr. James Edward Jackson, Sr., 46, dear husband, father, grandfather, and brother who resided on North Allen Street, South Bend, Ind., died following an extended illness at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 24, in Hines Veterans Hospital, Hines, Ill.

He was born to the union of Jim and Ernestine (Hodges) Jackson on March 18, 1954, in Little Rock, Ark. In his early childhood James moved with his family to South Bend where he resided until his death. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim Jackson and Ernestine Brown; and by two brothers, Jimmie Lee Jackson and Ernest Jackson.

On May 21, 1977, in South Bend, he married Mary Ann Smith. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Mary Ann; a daughter, Shanice Jackson; four sons, Tyrone T. Jackson, James E. Jackson, Jr., Ronnie L. Jackson and Damien Lamar Jackson, all of South Bend; five grandchildren, James E. Jackson, III, Damien Lamar Jackson, Jr., Ronnie L. Jackson, Jr., Taionne Lacey and Chrishawn McKinney; one sister, Margaret Jackson of Waukegan, Ill.; a stepsister, Shirley Bond of Denver, Colo.; eight brothers, Casey (Eileen) Jackson of North Liberty, Ind., Robert Jackson of Huntsville, Ala., Charles (Janice) Jackson, Michael Jackson, Will Jackson, Henry Jackson, DeWayne Hodges and Christopher Hodges, all of South Bend; a stepbrother, Melvin Bond of Denver; a special daughter, Margarita McGhee; an aunt, Lucille Davis of Covert, Mich.; an uncle, Steve Jackson of Muskegon, Mich.; a sister-in-law, Bevlon Jackson of Waukegan; along with a host of many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Jackson will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, in Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church, where friends may call one hour before services. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today, March 29, in Alford's Mortuary, to which arrangements have been entrusted.