EARL JACKSON

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Earl W. Jackson, 82, of East Prairie died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo.

He was born Sept. 3, 1918, at Bucklin, Mo., son of Floyd M. and Goldie E. Carriker Jackson. He and Vertis Juanita Portwood were married May 7, 1946. She died Feb. 11, 1970.

Jackson moved to Mississippi County in 1947 from Bucklin. He worked at Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston, Mo., 19 years, and also farmed.

He served with the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include two daughters, Doris Rowland of Mountain Home, Ark., Oretha Stockman of Chicago; a sister, Eleda Hughes of New Boston, Mo.; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a grandson and two brothers.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Mike Johnson and Burl Britt officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Hayti, Mo.