A wake service will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia.
The funeral service will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Friday, June 14, 2024, at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia.
Rhonda was born November 5, 1962, in Hallandale, Florida to the late Rose Ann Clark Merritt and the late Edward Buster Merritt. She is preceded in death by one brother Alfred Hardimon. She was educated in the public school system in her home state of Florida and graduated high school in 1981. In 2006 she graduated with a Associate of Science degree from Darton College, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice in 2008, Master of Public Administration in 2013, and a Certificate in Addiction Counseling in 2018 all from Albany State University, Albany, Georgia. She was employed at Seagull Alternative High School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and worked and retired from the Sumter County Board of Commission as an Administrative Specialist. Rhonda married the love of her life, William Jackson, on November 29, 2014.
She leaves to cherish her memories to her husband, William P. Jackson; siblings, Patrica Ann Austin, Yolanda Sonja Herard (Wilson); a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends and dear friends who hold a special place in Rhonda and William's heart, Vernadina (Lawerence) Lynch, Jamie Edwards, Michele Seay, Yolanda (Gary) Sapp, Vanessa Furlow, Kevin (Sandra) Jackson, Kenneth (Francis) Hubbard, Cousin Troy, Cousin Tonya and Aunt Pearly.