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Donie <I>Sampsell</I> Jackson

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Donie Sampsell Jackson

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Oct 1955 (aged 77)
Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Coalfield, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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According to her death record, she was the daughter of James and Mary (Peters) Sampsell [Samsel]. She was a sister to Samuel R. [W.] Samsel [Sampsell] (Memorial 151497330).

OBITUARY (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1955, p. 2):

"Mrs. Donie Jackson Dies at Harriman

"Mrs. Donie Jackson, mother of the Rev. Dewey Jackson, Elm Street Baptist Church minister and former Knoxville police chaplain, died at Harriman Hospital yesterday. She was 77.

"Mrs. Jackson was the wife of the late F. [S.] L. Jackson, who was the last of the W. R. Jackson family of 16 children of Morgan County.*

"She leaves three other sons, Welch Jackson, Coalfield; Wade Jackson and Walter Sampsell, both of Oliver Springs; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mac [Mack] Bunch, Clarksville, Ark.; stepson [step-son], Herman Jackson, Kennewick, Wash.; sister, Mrs. Fornie Jones, Oliver Springs, and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

"Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Middle Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Homer Hooks and Ray Myers officiating. Burial will be in the Jackson family cemetery.

"The family will receive friends tonight at the home of Welch Jackson, Coalfield."

(*That is, Donie had been the last surviving daughter-in-law of Rev. William R. and Mahala [Cooper] Jackson.)
According to her death record, she was the daughter of James and Mary (Peters) Sampsell [Samsel]. She was a sister to Samuel R. [W.] Samsel [Sampsell] (Memorial 151497330).

OBITUARY (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1955, p. 2):

"Mrs. Donie Jackson Dies at Harriman

"Mrs. Donie Jackson, mother of the Rev. Dewey Jackson, Elm Street Baptist Church minister and former Knoxville police chaplain, died at Harriman Hospital yesterday. She was 77.

"Mrs. Jackson was the wife of the late F. [S.] L. Jackson, who was the last of the W. R. Jackson family of 16 children of Morgan County.*

"She leaves three other sons, Welch Jackson, Coalfield; Wade Jackson and Walter Sampsell, both of Oliver Springs; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mac [Mack] Bunch, Clarksville, Ark.; stepson [step-son], Herman Jackson, Kennewick, Wash.; sister, Mrs. Fornie Jones, Oliver Springs, and 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

"Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Middle Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Homer Hooks and Ray Myers officiating. Burial will be in the Jackson family cemetery.

"The family will receive friends tonight at the home of Welch Jackson, Coalfield."

(*That is, Donie had been the last surviving daughter-in-law of Rev. William R. and Mahala [Cooper] Jackson.)

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A tender mother and a faithful friend.

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  • Maintained by: Robbie Wilson
  • Originally Created by: JAMorgan
  • Added: May 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37481691/donie-jackson: accessed ), memorial page for Donie Sampsell Jackson (26 Jan 1878–25 Oct 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37481691, citing Jackson-Lyles Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Robbie Wilson (contributor 46536557).