Funeral services for Robert Lee Jackson, 80, of Elaine will be held at 1 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the Morning Star Missionary Baptist church in Elaine. Elder Freddie span will officiate. Burial will be at in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today at the Kincaid Auditorium at 1164 Highway 49, West Helena.
Jackson, born July 27, 1927 in Dundee, Miss., to the late Robert Henry and Grover Kelly Jackson, died June 16, 2008 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
He grew up in Elaine and was a faithful member of the Morning Star Baptist Church. On Dec. 25, 1947 he married Jessie Mae and their union was blessed with 13 children, 25 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Jessie Mae Jackson and seven children, Perry, William, Stanley, Larry, Marvin, Floyd and Laura.
He leaves to cherish his memory his children, Robert (Denise) Jackson, Elizabeth Jackson and Gwendolyn Jackson all of Chicago, Ill., Rommie (Frances) Jackson of West Helena, Lonnie Jackson of Helena, Shirley (John) Robinson of Los Angeles, Calif.; daughters in law, Vera, Shirley and Patricia; two sisters, Sarah Bobo and Odessa Young; 22 grandchildren and 25 great- grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Kincaid Funeral Services Inc.
Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.kincaidfuneralservics.com.