Lena Jackson
Posted: April 30, 2015
NOXUBEE COUNTY — Lena B. Jackson, 89, died April 25, 2015, at Noxubee County Nursing Home. Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion MB Church with the Rev Leroy Shelton officiating. Burial will follow at Deake Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-5 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Home of Macon. Ms. Jackson was born in Noxubee County on Nov. 10, 1925, to the late Will Bush Sr. and Addie Bush. She was a member of First James Creek MB Church and formerly employed as a domestic. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cornell Jackson Sr.; and nine siblings. She is survived by children, Cornell Jackson Jr. and Bennie Jackson, both of Elgin, Illinois, Eddie Jackson of Brooksville and Sarah Luster of Chicago; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.