Richard Thad

Jackson

RICHARD THAD JACKSON, affectionately known as Dick, was born on December 1, 1948, to the late Leroy and Alline (Fleming) Jackson. He departed this earthly life surrounded by his loved ones on July 31, 2025, after a short illness with lung cancer at Baptist Memorial North of Oxford, Mississippi. Richard was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He worked with E.L. Bruce Company,

Parker Funeral Home, Yates Construction, and Weyerhaeuser, where he was a master planer feeder, planer operator, planer set-up, and forklift driver.

He was retired and spent a lot of time gardening, fishing, fixing projects around the house and socializing with family and friends. One of his favorite sayings was, "You got that right."

Richard graduated from North Carolina High School, where he played baseball, basketball, and softball. He married his beloved wife, Prunie Mae, in 1971, and they spent 54 years together.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Alline (Fleming) Jackson; brothers, Lee Edward Jackson, John Wesley Jackson, and Darrell Louis Jackson; sisters, Mary Jo Thomas, Barbara Ann Riley, Ruby Mae Jackson, and Debra Gates.

Richard is survived by: his wife, Minister Annie Faye Jackson of Bruce, MS; children, Frankie Jones and Tiara Jackson of Derma, MS; sisters, Beneatha Jackson, Sherry (Johnny) Armstrong of Bruce, MS and Lolita ( Jerry) Armstrong of Pearl, MS.; eleven grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews who loved them some "Uncle Richard"; a special niece, "Marsha"; his cousins, Charles Atkinson, Sandra Lucas,

Patricia Barnes, and Jean Bates; and sisters and brothers-in- law, Deloris Jones, Dorothy White, Jessie Jones, Robert (Erma)

Jones, Terry (Ella) Dixon, Elliott (Shelia) Dixon, William (Virginia) Dixon, and Bertha (Willie) Vance.