The memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, December 19, 2015 in the Chapel of the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. The Reverend Coley Clark, Jr., pastor of Zion Grove Baptist Church of Montezuma, Georgia, will officiate. The family will receive family and friends an hour prior to the service at the Chapel.
Oscar Jackson was born October 14, 1953 to the late Maybird Jackson in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia. He was educated in the public school system of Schley County and was a graduate of John Lewis High School. On the evening of Monday, December 14, 2015 by the Grace of God and his mercy, his soul and body was released from the trials of this earth.
He leaves to cherish his memories: two brothers, Lester Jackson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Emmett Jackson, Ellaville, Georgia; a sister, Irene Jackson, Americus, Georgia; four half brothers David Jackson, Ellaville, Georgia; a sister-in law, Mattie Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Lositine Mullins, West Palm Beach, Florida, Theodore Jackson, Fort Pierce, Florida, Vera Mae Jackson, and Evelyn Freeman South Bay, Florida; two nieces, Angela Spencer, Americus, Georgia and Shameka Jackson, Atlanta, Georgia; two nephews, Eric Jackson, Atlanta Georgia, and Alfred Smith, Smithville, Georgia; a host of other relatives and friends.