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Carey Paul Jackson

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Carey Paul Jackson Veteran

Birth
Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Death
3 May 2008 (aged 75)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
West Lincoln, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Jackson, 75, died May 3, 2008, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson. He was born in Lincoln County on April 12, 1933, to Lucius Jackson and Bessie Lofton Jackson.



Mr. Jackson was a 1952 graduate of West Lincoln High School and attended and graduated from Whitworth GI Business School. He served in the Korean War Conflict in 1954-55. A Lincoln County native, Mr. Jackson was an avid fisherman and loved to travel. He was employed for 18 years in non-food sales with the Lewis Grocer Co. (Sunflower Food Stores). He then owned and operated Brookhaven Super Value for 12 years. He retired in 2001 from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. He was a member and trustee of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a member of Billy Powell Smith Sunday School Class for over 50 years. He was a member of Woodmen of the World Lodges 04 of Natchez and 09 of Brookhaven.

Preceding him in death were his parents, and his brothers, Lenox Jackson, of McComb, Johnny Jackson, of Vicksburg, and James L. Jackson, of Brookhaven.

©The Daily Leader 2008
Mr. Jackson, 75, died May 3, 2008, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson. He was born in Lincoln County on April 12, 1933, to Lucius Jackson and Bessie Lofton Jackson.



Mr. Jackson was a 1952 graduate of West Lincoln High School and attended and graduated from Whitworth GI Business School. He served in the Korean War Conflict in 1954-55. A Lincoln County native, Mr. Jackson was an avid fisherman and loved to travel. He was employed for 18 years in non-food sales with the Lewis Grocer Co. (Sunflower Food Stores). He then owned and operated Brookhaven Super Value for 12 years. He retired in 2001 from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department. He was a member and trustee of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a member of Billy Powell Smith Sunday School Class for over 50 years. He was a member of Woodmen of the World Lodges 04 of Natchez and 09 of Brookhaven.

Preceding him in death were his parents, and his brothers, Lenox Jackson, of McComb, Johnny Jackson, of Vicksburg, and James L. Jackson, of Brookhaven.

©The Daily Leader 2008


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  • Created by: Memory Keeper
  • Added: May 9, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26707886/carey_paul-jackson: accessed ), memorial page for Carey Paul Jackson (12 Apr 1933–3 May 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26707886, citing Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, West Lincoln, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 46795880).