Wednesday, November 16, 2011

WADDELL JACKSON - OBITUARY


The funeral for Waddell Jackson, 84, of Lester will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hester Chapel Church of Christ with grandchildren officiating. Burial will be in Hester Cemetery.  Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. today at McConnell Funeral Home.

Mr. Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at home.

Waddell Jackson was born June 6, 1927, in Limestone County to Heflin Ozro Jackson and Emma Vivian Johnson Jackson. He was a lifelong member of Hester Chapel Church of Christ where he served as deacon and taught Sunday school.

Mr. Jackson was a retired farmer and the cofounder and president of Limestone County Feeder Pig Association. His hobbies were collecting Indian artifacts and other relics and the teller of stories.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and great-granddaughter, Isabella Mai Bass.

Mr. Jackson is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Rebecca White Jackson; three daughters, Sandra Bass and husband Dwight, Amanda Thomas and husband Greg, Faye Hill and husband Don; two brothers, John Thomas Jackson and Marshall Bruce “Mickey” Jackson; nine grandchildren, Mark Bass and wife Stephanie, Emily Brand Woodall and husband Billy, Jenny Bass, Rusty Brand and wife Beth, Kent Schrimsher and wife Amanda, Drew Schrimsher and wife Danielle, Leah Schrimsher Moran and husband Larry, Jackson Hill and Evan Hill; three step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, Anna Brand, Walker Brand, Ava Bass, Rebecca, William, Henry, Vivian, Ellen Woodall and Jordan Moran; eight step-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Mark Bass, Rusty Brand, Kent Schrimsher, Drew Schrimsher, Jackson Hill and Evan Hill.

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